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Hi All,
A Minitrix N switcher has been in the box for a while waiting for conversion to DCC last night i decided to give it a go, first off the contacts to the wheels in each bogie were set to be on the same side of the track so i carefully removed one and reversed it to pick up on the opposite side leaving them diagonal.
On to the chassis it was cut to accept the decoder, the motor wired as per usual covering parts of the chassis where contact may be made motor/chassis,
the wires to track were fed and soldered to a tab coming from each bogie.
After several tests on the prog track i couldnt get a read from it, the only thing to cause this i can think of is the chassis is a one piece metal type, and the bogies are held in place with metal pins that pass through metal cast bogies could this be stopping a readback
It is not the most detailed little shunter but would make a good addition to the stock.
I have attached pictures of one like it to give you all the idea of its type, though mine is in U.P. livery.
Many thanks.
A Minitrix N switcher has been in the box for a while waiting for conversion to DCC last night i decided to give it a go, first off the contacts to the wheels in each bogie were set to be on the same side of the track so i carefully removed one and reversed it to pick up on the opposite side leaving them diagonal.
On to the chassis it was cut to accept the decoder, the motor wired as per usual covering parts of the chassis where contact may be made motor/chassis,
the wires to track were fed and soldered to a tab coming from each bogie.
After several tests on the prog track i couldnt get a read from it, the only thing to cause this i can think of is the chassis is a one piece metal type, and the bogies are held in place with metal pins that pass through metal cast bogies could this be stopping a readback

It is not the most detailed little shunter but would make a good addition to the stock.
I have attached pictures of one like it to give you all the idea of its type, though mine is in U.P. livery.
Many thanks.
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