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Were all Bachmann On30 Shay's equipped with NMRA 8-pin connectors?

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Were all Bachmann On30 Shay's equipped with NMRA 8-pin connectors?
Posted by Geomaticsdude on Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:13 PM

Does anyone know if all Bachmann On30 Shay locos came quipped with the NMRA 8-pin connector on the control board? 

Thanks!

Gary

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Posted by richg1998 on Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:17 PM

You can most likely find that out at the Bachmann site in the diagram pages where they show the parts of the locos.

I have seen them quite a few times for HO locos On30 locos. A few have the 21 pin.

Edit. Right now the parts page does not look clear to me. It might be 21 pin and you plug in a 21 pin sound module. Bachmann has done that with a few locos. There is a place for a speaker.

Best bet is to join the forums and ask.

The HO have an eight pin socket and I can see it in the parts list.

Good luck.

Rich

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Posted by Geomaticsdude on Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:27 PM

richg1998

You can most likely find that out at the Bachmann site in the diagram pages where they show the parts of the locos.

I have seen them quite a few times for HO and On30 locos. A few have the 21 pin.

Rich

 

Thanks Rich, unfortunately none of the exploded parts diagrams show the control board or wiring.

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Posted by richg1998 on Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:39 PM

Finally found it. Been really busy. Sorry. Was not easy to spot.

Remove the caps. They will have a C prefix. Do not worry abot the two inductors. A L prefix. They look like coils.

https://estore.bachmanntrains.com/images/On30_parts/256XX-OOFO1.jpg

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Posted by richg1998 on Monday, April 1, 2019 12:14 PM

richg1998

Been really busy. Sorry. Was not easy to spot.

Remove the caps. They will have a C prefix. Do not worry about the two inductors. An L prefix. They look like coils. 4.7 microhenry inductors. Some locos they look like green resistors. No resistance. Clueless remove them and put in a piece of wire.

https://estore.bachmanntrains.com/images/On30_parts/256XX-OOFO1.jpg

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Posted by wvg_ca on Monday, April 1, 2019 12:22 PM

The Porter from six years ago uses a seperate sound card, not with the DCC card .. This is the On30 model ..

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Posted by richg1998 on Monday, April 1, 2019 3:19 PM

A few HO and On30 Bachmann come with a decoder and you have to slip in a sound card.

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