Andy's wiring book and DCC

[Anonymous]

Can anyone who has Andy Sperandeo's wiring book tell me if it tells how to wire decoders into older/non dcc ready locomotices? If not can anyone recommend a good source for how to do this?

[Anonymous]

I checked with Andy on this, and he told me "My book doesn't cover decoder installations because I pretty much limited it to layout wiring. The best general guide for non-DCC-ready installations was in Keith Gutierrez's EasyDCC series in the April 1997 MR, page 80."

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[Sperandeo]

Hi Alexander,

"Easy Model Railroad Wiring" – excuse me for quoting the full title –shows DCC decoder installations but only in a generic way, not related to specific models. That's in figure 8-8 on page 85 (second edition). The book is really focused on layout wiring.

For some specific examples of locomotive installations, see Part 3 of Keith Gutierrez's EasyDCC series in the April 1997 MODEL RAILROADER, pages 80-85, and Lionel Strang's Workin' on the Railroad column in the September 1999 MR, pages 109-113.

Back issues of MR are avaialble on the Train Shops section of this site, or from [e-mail].

Good luck with your decoders,

Andy Sperandeo
MODEL RAILROADER Magazine