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[quote user="davidmbedard"] Bachmann eh?  Tis a very difficult install.  There is absolutely NO room under the hood and you will need to mill out weight to make anything fit.  As well, the motor is NOT isolated from the frame and this will be a big issue.David B[/quote]You are perhaps thinking of a three way decoder?The loco in question will easily take a number of motion and light decoders.  In my Bachmann Spectrum H16-44s I have used both NCE D13SR and Digitrax DZX123.  The latter product is no longer available, but a similar one (I think it is a DZX125 or) will do.You see little Engineer Slim Stephenson and Fireman Tiny Dan with their heads sticking 3/16 " or more above the split frame?  That tells you that you have at least that much space to insert a decoder of that thickness.  I have done it 6 times.  Also, the split frames and motors are a cinch to isolate and hard wire.  The only thing I would suggest, is to drill and tap a screw of some sort into the frame as it is always hard to heat up a spot hot enough to hold a dab of solder.  I prefer to screw that one rail pickup lead from the decoder into the frame rather than rely on a possibly cold solder tab coming off.The light boards in the roof of the shell also make rewiring with LEDs a snap, but the resistors in place are not correct.  Replace them with 750 ohms 1/8 watt resistors.
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