QUOTE: Originally posted by dwolfgram I am trying to make my new Con-Cor 2-10-2 look more like a Southern Pacific F-1 "Dec" by susbstituting a Bachman 6-wheel Vanderbilt oil tender for the USRA coal tender supplied with the locomotive. I have completed the mechanics of the covenversion and, although it looks nice, I cannot get it to run. When I replaced the tender, I had to cut the wires leading to and from the circuit board in the tender under, what appears to be a false assumption, that they could simply be spliced together since I had no intention of adding DDC anyway. I asked Con-Cor for help, but no one there seems to be knowledgeable about the electrical circuit(s) involved. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. It was a sweet running locomotive and I hate to just use it for a static display. Happy Rails, Diane