Searching for illusive 0-6-0 w/DCC

I have been searching, without success, for a N'scale 0-6-0 yard switcher with a slope back tender and DCC.
Or at least one that is DCC ready.

Could there be one out there I have overlooked?
Am I looking for the chocolate covered carrot and there isn't one??

Is it possible that one of the manufacturers are planning one, and not yet available?

Hawkdriver

 

I've put a decoder in an 0-4-0 Atlas/Rivarossi.

 

Bachmann makes a DC 0-6-0 in N scale, with a slopeback tender, but I don’t know how “DCC-Ready” it is.

 

Yes and I have looked everywhere for 'DCC ready' and can't find anywhere.
But thanks for the reply.

 

It’s not at all DCC ready. The motor leads are on the front of the motor, and the motor is not isolated from the frame. Requires complete disassembly to add DCC.

I had one and had a decoder professionally installed by one of the advertisers on this site; he did a great job and even added a working front headlight! It wasn’t a cheap date, though.

Jim

 

@hawkdriver

Moose wouldn't mind one as well. Tried to convert an old version of the Bachmann 2-6-2 to 0-6-0 DCC, but it did not go well. The newer version is supposed to be a significant improvement, but would still be a total disassembly as Jim mentioned.

 

I wouldn't mind having one as well (I'd even settle for a 0-8-0...I know that Walthers made one but I passed at the time) but getting a good running 0-6-0 has been difficult for MRFs in the past and it seems like they don't want to try anymore.

 

I took a Model Power / MRC 2-6-0 and converted it to DCC with an NCE decoder in the tender. Then pulled the front pony truck, shortened the pilot and voila! An 0-6-0! It's not a difficult modification, and I did it 4 years ago! It still works great, too.

https://www.trainboard.com/highball...and-black-hills-ry.69565/page-20#post-1063250

 

A similar arrangement can be accomplished with the old timer 2-6-0 by MRC/Athearn.

 

A number of railroads took 2-6-0s, 2-6-2s, and 2-8-0s and converted them to switchers.
The MP 2-6-0 will work but the drivers would have been replaced with 52”.
The MDC/Athearn 2-6-0 might work-their 2-8-0 divers might share gears and axle sizes for the swap. The wide driver spacing would be typical of such conversions.
The MDC/Athearn 2-8-0 could be used as is be removing the pilot trucks and plating over the rear diver slot and shortening the main rods. The CB&Q did the same thing with their early Baldwin D Class Consolidations. Because the motor is in the tender the mech should balance okay.
Charlie Vlk