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    DN163 decoder on Lifelike F40 problems

    Just an update -- I found out what a pancake motor is, and this loco doesn't have one -- it has the usual center-mounted motor with two shafts that go to worm gears that drive the wheels in both the front and rear trucks.
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    DN163 decoder on Lifelike F40 problems

    I installed a Digitrax DN163 decoder on a Lifelike F40. The installation went easily, since the F40 uses wires from the wheel pickups to the motor and bulb, but after installation the F40 was _slow_ (no buzzing, just very slow). I checked every wire (I have installed numerous decoders before...
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    Train Vacation

    One other piece of advice -- lower your expectations in advance; you'll be a lot happier if you view it as a pleasant surprise if you get there on time, the stations are safe and clean, and everything on the train works, rather than having that as your expected outcome. I don't mean for this...
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    newbie: realistic decoupling, prototype operations?

    Hello all: I am a newbie here -- my son and I have sort of gotten into N scale 'by accident' -- we found a dusty box of 1980's vintage Atlas cars in a house my parents bought. Rather than throw them out, we got some Kato Unitrak and set up a layout on the living room floor... that layout has...
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