02-19-2010, 03:41 PM
I'm not familiar with the construction of your older locos, you need to isolate the frame from both rails and find room for a decoder. The $200 you mention is about right for sound I guess, I think it could be closer to $150. Bear in mind you don't need sound in every loco! I guess some folk no longer want to run non sound locos once they get used to sound, but I run both sound equipped and non sound equipped. You can put a non sound decoder in for $15. I've got locos from the 70's with decoders in them.