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Rivarossi 2 6 6 6

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Posted by Mheetu on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:16 PM

not sure Rich i just got the pictures from ebay as the locomotive have not arrival yet. But judging from the view it looks like it can only fit one 

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Posted by richg1998 on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 6:51 PM

Open the tender and post a picture. Size of speaker in it?

I would guess a Tsunami shrink wrapped decoder is in it. Plug in or hardwired?

I saw a non sound install at the TCS decoder site and an eight pin socket is in the loco.

Rich

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Posted by Mheetu on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 6:41 PM

Well that good to know thanks for the repl.  Now i am wonder if it would be hard to replace the standard deocder with the Loksound one. the tender looks big enought that i might be able to put another speaker in it  

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Posted by selector on Monday, November 28, 2016 11:01 PM

Those locomotives were delivered with an ESULoksound decoder.  I didn't like the sound files on mine, an early model with DCC/sound first offered in 2006, so I had a good friend install a Tsunami.  The hooter whistle is quite good, but I don't like the articulated steam sounds. I just haven't gotten around to replacing it because I moved on to other things.

My locomotive runs quite reliably.  Hopefully yours does as well.

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Rivarossi 2 6 6 6
Posted by Mheetu on Monday, November 28, 2016 8:27 PM

Just won an auction for a 2 6 6 6 with dcc and sound got it for 195 dollars.  The pictures from the auction show a soundtraxx decoder.  Anyone know how well do these run.

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