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converting bachmann steam to dcc?

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  • From: Harford County, Maryland
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converting bachmann steam to dcc?
Posted by mmr1229 on Friday, May 8, 2009 6:43 PM

currently i have a bachmann n scale spectrum loco (4-8-4 norfolk and western j class #611) i bought it thinking it was dcc compatable and later found out that wasnt the case. however i am pulling my hair out trying to find a way to convert it. i allready took the engine and tender apart and if i didnt know any better i would have thought it had a decoder in it because to me it looks like one. the tender contains a rather large pc board that consumes the inside of the tender and the engine also has a pc board, much smaller though, and it plugs into the tenders board. so me it seems very complex for a standard dc loco. any suggestions would be great. thanks

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