Note that when a locomotive has been set up to start out nice and slow using CV2 when it is cold, it will be noticeably faster upon start-out when it has been used for a while and is warmed up. This is what I have observed.
So, don't be put out if you find that your warmed engines are jumping into motion a bit too aggressively when you give them the first speed step on your throttle....if you set them up when you first started out one day and they had not had a chance to run around the layout for maybe five minutes.
It works the other way around, too. You set them up after they have been working, and then you go to your first speed step one day when the engines have not been used only to find they won't move. You may need to go to three or four speed steps before they will nudge off.
Crandell
Start voltage should be CV2. The value depends on each loco. Start at a value of 5 and step up a few at a time if too slow and down one at a time if too fast.
Springfield PA
Hey all,
I have a couple engines with NCE DCC Decoders and a Bachmann RTR DCC loco and their start voltages are pretty high. I know there is a CV that controls it but can anyone tell me what CV it is and what value it should be?
Thanks.
sfb