I'm a day late and a dollar short (by a year) on this topic and I don't have any expertise (newbie here) to add......but I do want to know:
I have a Railking SW-9 with PS2 that I want to convert to battery power for a backyard layout. If the electronics are removed and replaced with battery and dcc decoder (that has sound), will it run on un-powered track?
Thanks,
MWA
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Since DCC comes over the tracks, how is the DCC signal going to get to the locomotive?
In short, no. DCC sends signal, through the track, essentially mixed in, with the power. You might want to look at RC.
I realize I'm way out of my lane here since I don't use DCC, but I am looking at joining a club that uses DCC so I want to learn more. As long as he keeps the engine track pickups intact, could he not put the DCC signal to the track without power similar to the passive mode of DCS? Just curious.
Yes it will work. Go to www.cvpusa.com Everything you need is there. Just seems to be a huge expense to invest in one railking engine that I assume still works as is. You will need to mount everything in a trailing boxcar. If you are going to go this route. Then 3 rails isn't a requirement. Nor is tight radius track. You may want to look into a 2 rail engine and rolling stock.
Another twist.
Some of the PS2 and PS3 MTH engines/locomotives, as delivered, are 3/2 locos. They will operated either three rail or two rail. Assuming two rail operation is DC.
My Russian decapod.
Note the wheel isolation/plastic bushings, for two rail operation. Information in the owners manual, part of the 3/2 loco package.
We had done a couple of threads on Radio Controlled operation with DC power packs. Here is a link to one of the threads.
You can run battery powered in any gauge with a BlueRail bluetooth board.
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