The first step is to put the engine chassis in a soft cradle or on the foam from the box and remove the coverr plate from one truck as well as one axle. Follow along as we explain the locomotive rewiring procedure. He taught me how to install phosphor bronze wires to act as additional pickups, thus turning the diesel into an all wheel pickup locomotive. An additional challenge is that the motor must remain insluated from the wheels and frame for DCC.īill Payne, a model railroader friend and member of our Nottawasaga Model Railway club is a whiz at mechanical and electrical jobs like this. To solve the problem it is necessary to find a way to add pickup wiring to the insulated wheels and connect that wiring to the correct side. If the engine passes over a "dead", insulated frog on a turnout it loses pickup. ![]() ![]() ![]() The reason is that it was designed to use the front truck's axle to pick up from the right rail and the rear truck's axle and wheel on the opposite side to pick up from the left rail, ie, the wheels on the opposing sides of each truck are insulated and are therefore "dead". I have an old brass Alco diesel switcher that has been converted to DCC. Locomotive Rewiring Tips: Adding All Wheel Pickup to an HO Diesel
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