02-24-2009, 07:12 PM
Thanks Lynn, you and this guy pretty much said the same thing
taken from Model Railroad Forums:
I was trying to stay away from locos that were not DCC ready, i guess this will be an exception lol and ill have to do this one to make it DCC cuz i really liked this little loco
taken from Model Railroad Forums:
jerrytbirdsc Wrote:"The GP35 will have a circuit board for the lights and NMRA 9 Pin DCC "Quick Plug.". I use NCE D13SRJ decoders on my Athearn RTR, they work good for me and are around $15 discounted, there is even a guy selling these for around that shipped. Basically any deooder witha 9 pin socket will work. TCS website has a [url="http://www.tcsdcc.com/decoderpics/Athearn_EMD_GP35/Athearn_GP35.html"]how to install a decoder on a GP35 RTR[/url].
The GP38-2 is basically the same as the old Blue Box kit. No circuit board and not DCC ready. There is a lot more involved in this to make it DCC compatible. Here is another how to from TCS website on a [url="http://www.tcsdcc.com/decoderpics/athearn_GP_38.htm"]GP38-2 decoder install.[/url]"
I was trying to stay away from locos that were not DCC ready, i guess this will be an exception lol and ill have to do this one to make it DCC cuz i really liked this little loco