https://blog.model-train-help.com/2024/03/proto-2000-engines-manufacture.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proto-2000-engines-manufacture Model railroads and model trains Wed, 08 May 2024 16:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2024/03/proto-2000-engines-manufacture.html#comment-68191 Wed, 08 May 2024 16:09:19 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6838#comment-68191 The PC board is for the lights. It provides proper voltage to the incandescent headlight which is much lower than the track voltage. It has a circuit for a gyra light which is simulated by alternately powering two filaments in the upper bulb. On the later units you may find an 8 pin DCC connector as well on that circuit board. On B units these circuit boards are sparsely populated because they have no lights, only the track connections which provides the power and the motor connections.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2024/03/proto-2000-engines-manufacture.html#comment-68167 Wed, 08 May 2024 00:52:49 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6838#comment-68167 Some proto 2000 locomotives have an eight pin plug so you can plug in a decoder. But not all of them have it. If it dates dcc ready on the box then you can install an eight pin decoder.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2024/03/proto-2000-engines-manufacture.html#comment-67209 Sat, 23 Mar 2024 22:18:15 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6838#comment-67209 All P2K engines do not have DCC plug. Many have DCC plugs but most do not. Some P1K’s have the plug. The only way I know of DCC ready loco is the box will have “Limited Edition” on the flap (top of box) Cheers, J B?

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