Specific Multifunction Decoder Installs
Summary: Installing multifunction decoders can be quite intimidating for the beginner as well as the advanced modeller.
Installing decoders can be quite intimidating for the beginner as well as the advanced modeler. The following links from this page are DCC decoder installation instructions for a specific engine and a decoder. If you do not see your engine and decoder listed, you might want to browse pages that closely match your install.
When you get to installing your decoder, please take pictures and write up a guide on the steps you took to do your install.
The Guides
Locomotives
- Athearn Genesis W/Tsunami_TSU-1000 - Athearn Genesis Big Boy With Tsunami TSU-1000
- Royal Hudson in Brass Converting a brass locomotive from Zero 1 to DCC
- Remotoring the Royal Hudson. Conversion from a Tenshodo open frame motor to a modern flat can motor.
- FB with Tsunami DSD Installing a TSU-1000 Diesel Decoder into a Proto 2000 FB (ALCO)
- Proto 2000 FA with a Tsunami DSD Installing a Tsunami in a Proto 2000 FA (ALCO)
Rolling Stock
- None yet -- Please write one up.
Other Vehicles
Walthers American Crane - conversion to DCC
Stationary Decoders
- None yet -- Please write one up.
Videos
Videos showing how others have installed multifunction decoders in locomotives and other vehicles
- Main article: Specific Decoder Installs/Installations
- Soundtraxx Tsunami 2 install in a Brass 2-10-0
- Bachmann 70 Ton Switcher
- Convert an Old Analog loco to DCC
- Kato Dash 9
- Tsunami Sound Car upgrade with a Scale Sound System speaker
- Main article: Specific Decoder Installs/Installations-2
- Athearn F7A with Scale Sound Systems speakers and a Decoder Buddy
- Athearn F7B with Scale Sound Systems speakers and a Decoder Buddy
- TSU-2200 Step-by-Step Install into an MTH SD70
- Athearn GP15. with Decoder Buddy, sound and a TCS Keep Alive
- Install a Decoder with Lighting Effects