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Lm3s wiring a steam engine ho.

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KB02:
I had a bunch of pictures at one point, but posted them to Photobucket before they screwed all their customers changed their policies. I'll see if I can take some new ones for you.

I have two male pigtails coming out of the loco with the female sockets set into the tender.

carpediem4570:
That would be wonderful.  Look forward to the pictures.

Thank-you.

Kind regards,

Max

Coupe633:
Max, I can't tell you specifically how to wire up and AHM/Riverossi locomotive but as indicated the key is putting the LM3-s in the tender since there should be ample room for all of this and you would have to hard wire the connectors to the locomotive so you will be able to separate them. I have been a Railpro user now for almost 4 years and this has been a learning experience so I hope you don't get discouraged, it will be well worth it. The hardest part of converting from DC to DCC or Railpro is the installation. Since your locomotives are DC there will be quit a bit of hardwiring involved. The first several locomotives I did first ran fine and the sound was great but I later realized that I had not set up the lighting properly and will be correcting this over the winter months. I get better and better at it but have about 60 locomotives I need to work through before I have completed my conversion and it will take me about 6 or 7 years to complete if I could just stop buying locomotives. When you get your first locomotive running and programed in you will be very happy with the results and the second and third will be a bit easier. If they are all from the same manufacturer they will be similarly wired but not always the case. Most of my locomotives are BLI and a lot of Atlas (yellow boxes) which are going to all be hard wired. While none of this can help you with your particular locomotives I do hope you are encouraged and you don't get too frustrated with the process.

David Cooper

carpediem4570:
Hello David and thank you for those kind words.

I have my first locomotive set up.  It is a dcc ready, Hornby, merchant navy class locomotive.

The chip install was pretty simple, as there are no lights on this locomotive.  Getting my first locomotive programmed into the Hand held control unit took a bit of time; downloading the picture, trying to find the right sounds in the railpro
Library. 

The next locomotive on the bench is a dc locomotive by presidents choice.  A Mehano.  This will be a full wire job.  Still trying to figure out how to install the 7 pin quick disconnect from the tender.

Weather is cooling down so I will get to it in the next week.

Will post pics when I get to it.

Kind regards,
Max

Coupe633:
Max, I started my first install in the spring of 2019 in a Broadway Limited Imports Blue-Line which had the 8 pin plugs so it was a very easy install. Just needed to solder the brown wires to the speakers which as easy. The programing was a learning curve for the first one or two but it gets much easier once you get a few done. I have so far converted about 30 of my locomotives and have about 25 more to go. I find the lighting the difficult part and this is not a Railpro issue but how the locomotive is set up with lights, especially a steam locomotive since you are usually using a 6 pin connector from the tender to the locomotive and determining which wires are for the head light since they are usually not color coded. It doesn't see as straight forward as install, program and run. Sometimes you have to install, program and run then go back and fix something that you wired wrong and this is sometimes finding the correct wires for certain lights. Wiring up the pick-up from the wheels is not hard as well as the wires for the motor. The color coded wires on the WH-9 wiring harness is very easy to follow along with the diagrams that are provided with each LM3(s). Once you get how to program everything it becomes a simple process of customizing each locomotive's settings. Hang in there, it will all be worth it in the end but having the first locomotive running the way is should will for sure put a smile on your face.

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