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Posted by JoeinPA on Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:19 PM

The Silver series locos that are the soundless companions to the sound equipped Gold series have the A frame and have weights that can be removed to add speakers.

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Posted by Hamltnblue on Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:32 AM

The Soundtraxx TSU-1000 should work.  You also will need a speaker. If you remove the shell you might get lucky and find an "A" frame with a hole that can be punched out for speaker mounting.

Here's a link to the soundtraxx site for the correct part number matching.

 

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Posted by JoeinPA on Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:31 AM

Kevin:

The Atlas Gold Series decoders are QSI and are made to Atlas specifications.  I'm not sure if an aftermarket QSI decoder has the proper form factor to be a "drop in".  It may require some extra work.

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Upgrade for Atlas...
Posted by KevinsHope on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 11:22 PM

Hello Again, all,

     Another quick question for you all.  I have an Atlas Masters GP-38.  I was thinking I might see if there is a decoder with sound that I can upgrade it to.  There are several decoders on ebay that say they are for Atlas, but I want to get the right one.  I want one that I can just unplug my old decoder and plug the new one with sound in.  Anyone know what decoder I need. I'm basically looking to see if they sell the Atlas Gold decoder by itself. If they don't, what is the most compatable decoder to buy for Atlas Masters trains?

 

Kevin

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