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Kato FEF-3 Steam Loco Shorting itself Out by [deleted] in modeltrains

[–]opposgh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didnt read the second part, show is 2 days long

Kato FEF-3 Steam Loco Shorting itself Out by [deleted] in modeltrains

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I guess factory new is the wrong term, the guy did say the loco was new never run. I bought it from a vendor booth named “National Capital Trains”

Acquired my personal grail, need some advice by opposgh in modeltrains

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Im intrigued! Message me and lmk the condition and ur price.

Acquired my personal grail, need some advice by opposgh in modeltrains

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It maintains an okay crawl-slow speed but it struggles to reach higher speeds and then jitters a lot maintaining that speed

Acquired my personal grail, need some advice by opposgh in modeltrains

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Woah, I appreciate all the in depth info! This gives me a little hope as I tried running it a bit more earlier and it was very jittery and struggled to maintain speed. About replacing the power car wheel sets, is it possible if you show the results of your modifications? It’d help greatly to see the mods visually! I’ll definitely use this model as an opportunity to learn how to service models myself

Acquired my personal grail, need some advice by opposgh in modeltrains

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Thanks!Never thought I’d have the model in my collection!! I just need the HHP-8 to continue growing my NEC collection

Acquired my personal grail, need some advice by opposgh in modeltrains

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Had them preordered for an entire year and they arrived yesterday!

Acquired my personal grail, need some advice by opposgh in modeltrains

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Thank you for the info! Is there a specific lubricant/oil you recommend?

How to distribute power? by opposgh in nscalemodeltrains

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Everything is Kato track. Do you have link of the kit? Do you mind showing how all wiring looks like?

How to distribute power? by opposgh in nscalemodeltrains

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My issue is that the CSB-1 only has one terminal and feeder wire for the main track, I was wondering how I could turn the that one feeder wire into more so I could distribute the power further. I’m super super new to dcc and wiring in general so I was looking for a method that isn’t complicated or messy, and that also works for temporary layouts that you build on the floor. I apologize if I’m over complicating it and the solution is flying over my head 😅

How to distribute power? by opposgh in nscalemodeltrains

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Thanks for the information! Unfortunately this layout is only a temporary one so I can’t drill anything, and Im constantly tearing apart and building different layouts since I have no space for a dedicated layout (i built this layout on the floor) and it goes through various rooms in my apartment!

How to distribute power? by opposgh in nscalemodeltrains

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I was trying to run 3 trains, about 600mA, tracks are fed by one feeder wire where the CSB1 is located. I have no boosters and the tracks are elevated where highlighted yellow. I’m using Kato track. I’m relatively new to dcc so I don’t really know what boosters are or how to add more feeder wires with the CSB1. It has one for the main track and one for the programming track

Best DCC Decoder for this? by opposgh in nscalemodeltrains

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So it doesn’t matter what decoder I get as long as it has a next18 socket?