once again bachamnn is giving me trouble....
i purchased NJT F-40PH from bachmann Spectrum (being the only available NJT locomotive except the IHC GG-1) but soon after getting home i realized there was somethign funny about it. it just seemed old, but i couldn't put my finger on it. it also came with hornhooks, which i thought was odd, ( and my first clue) because they usualy came with EZ-mates. then i just finished talking to my grandpa about china when i realized the box said made in hong kong (given back to china in 1996) which started to make me really petrified that it was old.
however it got worse. when i removed the shell it was 2 weights side by side screwed together, containing the insides of the locomotive, and no visible harness or hook up for DCC. once i got over how i was stupid for not checking the age of the locomotive before i bought it, (especialy because it happeend to me before with a spectrum GE 44 tonner somewhere on this forum) i concluded that it could probably be wired for dcc the old way, and there did seem to be extra space in the weights that a dcc chip could be stuffed in.
otherwise there seems to be no trouble, it runs fine, and i got it for $49.
however if you have any advice or suggestions, thanks in advanced.
i purchased NJT F-40PH from bachmann Spectrum (being the only available NJT locomotive except the IHC GG-1) but soon after getting home i realized there was somethign funny about it. it just seemed old, but i couldn't put my finger on it. it also came with hornhooks, which i thought was odd, ( and my first clue) because they usualy came with EZ-mates. then i just finished talking to my grandpa about china when i realized the box said made in hong kong (given back to china in 1996) which started to make me really petrified that it was old.
however it got worse. when i removed the shell it was 2 weights side by side screwed together, containing the insides of the locomotive, and no visible harness or hook up for DCC. once i got over how i was stupid for not checking the age of the locomotive before i bought it, (especialy because it happeend to me before with a spectrum GE 44 tonner somewhere on this forum) i concluded that it could probably be wired for dcc the old way, and there did seem to be extra space in the weights that a dcc chip could be stuffed in.
otherwise there seems to be no trouble, it runs fine, and i got it for $49.
however if you have any advice or suggestions, thanks in advanced.