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In lugnet.trains, James J. Trobaugh writes:
> I had someone here at the office translate part of it for me and it mentions
> that you can convert you old type engines to work with the new digital
> system!! Excellent!
Yes... "engines", but not motors. That is, you'll have to find a hollow space
in your engine body somewhere for the DCC receiver module (that gray thing in
the picture with the power truck, Nr. 4468) and then replace your current power
truck (which remember, has no break point between rail delivered voltage and
the motor) with the new one.
I have significantly upwards of 50 power trucks or motors that are about to
become obsolete. But I don't care, much. Given the design of the old truck,
there was no way around it.
And I predict once the new powertruck is available for someone to open up and
inspect, there may be a brisk aftermarket in modifying old trucks to work the
new way, if it's even technically possible. I know I'd stand aside from my
purist stance and have it done to mine.
After all I have over 1000 USD just in power trucks to try to recover.
++Lar
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> jt
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