Joined: 10/10/2024(UTC) Posts: 1 Location: New South Wales, Sydney
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Hi everyone! I am looking at buying a used Marklin Loco that appears to have been converted from Analogue to Digital.
But I would like to use it on my analogue system.
What is involved in removing the digital conversion? Is that possible? |
Reliving my childhood... |
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Joined: 30/08/2002(UTC) Posts: 1,289
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Well, the digital converted loco could actually behave nicer on your analogue layout, than as an analogue loco! Smoother running, and even better if also the motor has been upgraded from 3 poles to 5 poles when converted. Smoother direction switch etc. However, there are a few heads-ups: (1) If you have the ”blue” or even older transformers, the power from a direction switch event could damage the decoder. (2) Analogue mode could have been disabled on the decoder. I do this myself on some locos to prevent them from running uncontrolled at short circuit events. Analogue mode can be enabled using a digital controller. So, I wouldn’t hesitate trying the digital loco on an analogue layout! |
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Joined: 22/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 2,073 Location: Edinburgh,
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Hi
I did it on an old 3322. The only real change needed was to remove the decoder and fit a standard reverser unit.
I also took the opportunity to wire the lamps as directional.
So I would say it depends on the loco and what has been done to modify it for digital.
Mike |
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Joined: 04/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 498 Location: USA
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Originally Posted by: hennabm  Hi
I did it on an old 3322. The only real change needed was to remove the decoder and fit a standard reverser unit.
I also took the opportunity to wire the lamps as directional.
So I would say it depends on the loco and what has been done to modify it for digital.
Mike Why analogize, I wondered. Then I read your signature 😄 Ben |
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