Installing sound in a Spectrum 060 saddle tank

Model Railroader Electronics and DCC
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Would anyone be interested in describing how to install sound in the Bachmann Spectrum 060 saddle tank locomotive.

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I sent you a PM.

I have a document on how someone did this with a SoundTraxx DSD decoder a few years ago. You can use a Tsunami Micro or a LokSound Micro which are both good for 0.750 amps and slightly smaller than the DSD.

Rich

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Check this out! Jim

http://www.tcsdcc.com/public_html/Customer_Content/Installation_Pictures/HO_Scale/Bachmann/0-6-0_Saddle_Tank/Bachman_0_6_0_Saddle_Tank.htm

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That’s not really helping I think…

The OT wanted sound installation.

I have made it on my own 0-6-0t, and it was quite straightforward. I started with a Loksound micro V4.

I then ripped out all of the original wiring, and replaced the lights with warm white LED’s and some 1kOhm resistors.

I placed the decoder in the cab behind the seats (it fits perfectly!), the speaker I used was a dual 1/2" isobaric setup that I placed instead of the firebox.

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OOPS my bad! I did one, but it wasn’t the Spectrum and a cheap Bachmann $10.00 loco that most modellers would have tossed, I had to put everything in the tender.