Santa Fe 1480 Class Atlantic

[Schraddel]

Then i underwent the work of wiring the loco for DCC.


Here a device for taming all the wires leading from the loco to the tender is just soldered onto.


The plug on the tender front.


And the nearly complete DCC installation. Here i choose a TCS decoder for testing purposes.


Test runs followed.
The results:
- the TCS decoder works fine
- the motor has too low rpm's, the developed speed (CV 5 was set on maximum) is fine for a switcher, but not enough for a racehorse as Atlantics used to be.
- there is a slight bind in the mechanism
- springs are too stiff (as usual)
- the loco is heavy enough to handle up to 6 heavyweights without slipping, i presume the prototype did'nt pull more, no additional weight is necessary

Lutz