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sound decoder kato RS2 N scale

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sound decoder kato RS2 N scale
Posted by Rainbow 24 on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 7:03 AM

What drop in decoder for kato RS2 Frame # 17843L N Scale

 

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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 10:26 PM

For motor-only decoders I always go with TCS because of the excellent motor control.  According to their website, the K2D4 is a drop-in for the Kato N-scale RS2:

https://drupal.tcsdcc.com/installation/n-scale/1649

Sound will - more than likely - require machining the frame to squeeze in a speaker.  So a drop-in sound install is highly unlikely for this unit.  Even an HO Kato NW2 requires machining the frame just to convert it to DCC.

Tom

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