What kind of sound decoders can I put in these engines

Model Railroader Electronics and DCC
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Hi

I have an Atlas U25B and a Life-like RS-2

I want to put sound decoders in these engines, which ones should I get?

Thanks

Art

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I have a P1K RSC-3, which is similar to your RS-2. I put a Soundtraxx decoder in it, and I was pretty happy with it. The hard part is probably going to be the speaker, not the decoder. There wasn’t a lot of space in mine, and I had to grind down the frame to fit the speaker and baffle box inside.

The P1K unit is an older one, and it came hard-wired for DC. So, adding the decoder was a solder job, not a plug-in. I also swapped out the incandescent bulbs for golden-white LEDs, which was a big improvement. Don’t forget the 1K resistors if you do this.

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My RS-1 is from Atlas / Kato. I’ve use Loksound. Here’s my HowTo.

Wolfgang

4

Art,

What ‘scale’ are you talking about? You mention an Atlas U25B, and all I can remember is the ‘N’ scale one.

Jim

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Jim,

both engines n scale

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Sorry to say that you are out of luck…

David B