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Walther's Trainline & DCC
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I've fitted a decoder in a Trainline Dash 8-40B - it was very simple. Just remove the factory circuit board and hard-wire the decoder in (I used a Lenz 1025 as I had one to hand from my DCC starter pack). The trucks have plastic mainframes so there's no problem with isolating the motor, then you just need to wire the pickups on the same sides together (front right to rear right, front left to rear left) before soldering the decoder wires to the motor and pickups. I reused the original headlight bulbs with a couple of suitable resistors (think it was around 300Ohms but not 100% sure), I've yet to melt anything and it looks pretty good. I did make a baffle plate for the cab to ensure that the light only shows through the lenses (rather than through the roof, windscreen, nose, etc...). Hope this is of help!
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