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You're heading in the right direction Chip. Did you check the no-load-at-12V current? It should be pretty reasonable (<=1A) if my guesses hold true. The next step is adding the decoder. This may be redundant, but I'd rather err on the side of caution: The blue wire will end up going away. A gray wire from the decoder (motor -) will go to the "blue" brush contact, and an orange wire will go to the other brush contact (motor +). Don't put extra stuff betwen the decoder and the places it conncts to unless you really need to. It keeps things nice and tidy and reduces the chances for problems later [:)] The decoder's black wire will go to the contact for the left rail (imagine sitting in the cab driving the train for this part) and the red wire goes to the right rail contact. You'll probably want to put the loco on a piece of track and probe around with your meter to find out for sure which is which, if it's anything like some of the steamers I've worked on. Other than that, it's a piece of cake, just solder the wires and drop it on the track. [:D] -dave
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