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You can get the MRC steam sound decoder for about $50, give or take a few dollars. The experience I have with MRC is 50/50 - had a steam decoder that went bad right away, have a diesel decoder that has been running pretty good. MRC replaced the steam decoder, no ?'s asked. I just haven't gotten around to putting it in anything yet. <br /> <br />The experience I have with steam loco manufacturers is with IHC. They are actually pretty easy to install. The hardest part about the whole thing for me was getting the new LED and the wiring up to the nose of the loco - the boiler area is all full of lead weight. But a man with some time and a dremel tool could easily route a little channel in the weight to make an easy job of running the wires. The nice thing about the IHC's is that the motors are "can" motors and are already isolated from the fram (at least mine was)...
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