blue box gp9 rebuild

[John Gray]

Mike;

I have been kicked off all social media, eBay ( goofygrape426), and I'm going to try to join Model Railroad Hobbyist. the decoder I have is 9 pin Digitraxx, I think.

I'm going to use DCC and run the Dc ones, also My wife said I have two engines that are DCC.

Thank You for all you've done for this project!

John

[John Gray]

Henry

I am going to due DCC, one engine is going to stay DC tho all others are DCC, I was going to use Digitraxx 9-pin, which can be hard-wired to the engines, I've seen drop-in decoders that fit sound or no sound. streamlined Backshop is at least talking to me about this.

thank you 

John

[John Gray]

Digitrax DSH166ht

these are what I purchased 

yes I've got an Ebay account

[BigDaddy]

John Gray

one engine is going to stay DC tho all others are DCC

You never ever, ever, want your DC power pack connected at the same time as your DCC Powercab is connected.  Expen$ive $moke will escape.

[mbinsewi]

Maybe the DH166MT ?

Digitrax has nothing listed as a DSH166HT.

Mike.

[snjroy]

BigDaddy

 

 

John Gray

one engine is going to stay DC tho all others are DCC

 

 

You never ever, ever, want your DC power pack connected at the same time as your DCC Powercab is connected.  Expen$ive $moke will escape.

 

So the idea is to run a DC engine with a DCC system. This can be done, but do your homework. I know Digitrax systems allow that, but I don't believe they all do. Another option is to install a switch, that directs your track to either a DC power pack or your DCC system. But then, you need to make sure your DCC engines are DC-enabled. Since you only have one DC engine, I suggest you go DCC-only. Just check if the system you will be buying can run your DC engine. Or convert your DC engine to DCC...

Simon

[John Gray]

snjroy;

I am going to convert all the engines to DCC, no dc (GP9,GP35 and a GP38-2)

I thank all who have helped me in this project.

John