08-26-2010, 04:00 PM
Great video Empirebuilder. If you play with the CV for the chuff rate on a Heavy you can get the proper seperate chuff for the articulated and get offset rod sound. It should sound like or close to 2 different locos chuffing along. I put one of those decoders in a Bachmann 2-8-4 for a friend and it sounds great . On light and medium decoders I set the chuff rate up in the 150 to 180 range .But on the Heavy the wheels would turn once at that and I would get the sound of 2 locos at once . Reading the manuel it says the higher settings are for Articulated locos so that one I set down in the 35 to 50 range. Just play with the Cvs .Its fun seeing what it will do . Have fun . MartyG