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Tender Drive Flying Scotsman Locomotive Decoder Installation

Edward wants advice on a DCC conversion and asks:

“I have a tender driven oo Scotsman with only one black pick up wire to the motor. I think its 5 pole and looks like the motor in the hornby chip conversion diagram but has only one black wire to the right motor conection.Look at the link. http://www.hornby.com/digital/guides/tender-drive-flying-scotsman-decoder-installation,123,HAR.html I would like to convert it to dcc, its a good runner and looks good. Can someone help please?”

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One Response to Tender Drive Flying Scotsman Locomotive Decoder Installation

  • Larry says:

    The motor may be grounded to the frame in your model. If it is, the motor must first be isolated before the decoder can be installed.

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