Jeffery, Thanks to and metra148, we are up and running. And the original chip I thought I fried still works. The dummy plug AKA, the jumper was...
metra148, Went to Des Plaines Hobbies the other night, that place is train paradise. My kid lost it in there. And the guys there are very cool....
Jeffrey, YOU ROCK! Yes the decoder that fired was a MRC. So WTH is a dummy plug and where can I find one. They vary from loco to loco? Is there a...
Hey all, anyone in the Chicago/NW burbs who knows of a shop or who can instruct me in the HO DCC ways. I'm really trying to get a layout going...
The 2 locos are DCC ready so it's just plug in the decoder and go? Which is what I thought and if so why did it fry? With the DCC ready Athearn do...
Thanks Jeffery, Yes they are the blue box with yellow trim. Now I need a hobby shop. The place I first went to charges a min of $50 to do any...
Thanks Mike. But now what did I do to fry it, so I don't do it again?
Many thanks for all your replies. So this morning I did get a decoder for one of the engines and it fried. @%$! I had 2 Athearn engines. The...
Hi all, BIG newbie here. I'm in the process off putting together a HO set-up for my son, since we are beginners we went with the Bachman EZ...
