Originally Posted by ed new haven line:
I asked Scott to design these locomotives so that the battery is located just below the roof of the locomotive and have a removable hatch to access the battery without having to remove the body shell as with the other diesel models. Lionel and MTH have been doing this for several years now and of course MTH Proto 3 locomotives don't use a battery at all.
I always thought that the 9 Volt battery was only important for those folks using conventional. Operating with TMCC/Legacy the battery isn't needed.