I recently installed an Econami DCC Sound decoder in my Proto 2000 Union Pacific SD60M. I purchased the ECO-PNP 882004 decoder with a 28mm 8ohm round speaker with enclosure. I have also replaced the LEDs in the locomotive. I am very happy with the final product and sound of the locomotive. I have attached some pictures of the process of installing the decoder along with an unlisted YouTube video on the locomotive.
- Micah
https://youtu.be/QfNrFY8YQXw
Soundtraxx Econami DCC Sound install
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I used the same decoder to replace the original QSI decoder in a Walters Proto 2000 GP7 and had great results.Micah_D wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:46 amI recently installed an Econami DCC Sound decoder in my Proto 2000 Union Pacific SD60M. I purchased the ECO-PNP 882004 decoder with a 28mm 8ohm round speaker with enclosure. I have also replaced the LEDs in the locomotive. I am very happy with the final product and sound of the locomotive. I have attached some pictures of the process of installing the decoder along with an unlisted YouTube video on the locomotive.
- Micah
https://youtu.be/QfNrFY8YQXw
I’ve also have HO scale Walters 90 ton American crane that was too small to install a sound decoder so I built a sound car that I run with it and I used the same decoder.
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Awesome GR H & C! It really is a great decoder with so many different options and choices. Which speaker/s did you go with?
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I reappropriated a speaker from a burned out DigiTrax SDXH166D sound decoder.
I checked out the video your locomotive sounds great nice job.
I also have a second sound car for my Bachmann spectrum climax 50 Ton steam locomotive that was DCC only equipped. For that sound car I use the DigiTrax sound decoder because it has the steam locomotive options.
And last but not least my railroad has a home built diesel locomotive from a converted inter-urban freight/passenger motor. I used the soundtraxx decoder for that project.
The home built locomotive is a non powered unit with sound. I have one other locomotive on my layout that’s DCC only so I run it with that one.
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