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There are three tenders which come with different varients of the Ten Wheeler: <ul><li> USRA 10,000 gallon </li><li>high sided coal tender of about 8,000 gallons (I think based on a CNW prototype[?] ) </li><li> a tiny coal tender of about 4,000 gallons</li></ul> I would guess there is no problem with the USRA tender as Soundtraxx sell a Plug'n'Play decoder for the 2-8-0 which also has this tender, the 8,000 gallon tender looks a bit shorter but is at least as tall so with a little perseverence you could get one in there I guess. The problem comes with the tiny coal tender, which came with the version of the engine I also have. Dimension wise it looks fairly similar in size to the 80-ton shay tender (maybe a bit longer) and Soundtraxx have produced a sound module for that (DSD-B3TSLC). I don't know if anyone has one of these decoders - I don't ; I know its from their "Low Cost" range but is the sound generic or are there distinctive "Shay" sounds programmed into it? If not, could that be a starting point? I haven't had any major hum problems operating my Ten-wheeler on DC, as a DC loco on DCC (when DC engines tend to "sing" anyway) or with a basic Digitrax decoder installed.
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