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that a second Baldwin flavored decoder is available (ESU No. 91455) for the DS 4-4-1000 locomotives equipped with the supercharged prime mover. The module is mounted in the usual position on top of the chassis under the hood of the locomotive. The speaker is mounted in an enclosure fitted above the front truck. All connections to the printed circuit board are made with mini-connectors,


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and rear lights which are mounted to the body of the locomotive. This will al- low convenient disconnection in the event that the body shell should need to be removed from the chassis. The decoder is preset for a slow bell


rate (choice of fast or slow), Baldwin 606NA sound (only setting available), brake squeal version 1 (two options available) and Baldwin single chime air horn (16 options available). Since the Norfolk Southern locomotives had a five chime air horn, I set CV48 to zero to select the Nathan K5LA five chime horn. Making this change, as well as programming a long address to match the locomotive number was ac- complished using an NCE PowerCab in the Program Track mode. The start-up and operating sound levels were a little loud for my confined space, but can be reset in the program- ming mode. The bell and horn have a nice sound, and the prime mover cap- tures the distinctive “burbling” of a Baldwin locomotive. Other sounds in- clude coupler clank, spitter valve, com- pressor and sanding valve sounds. These sounds are activated by function keys on the DCC controller. The last two sounds, compressor and sanding valve, are assigned to function keys 13 and 14, and as such are not accessible on all DCC controllers. In operation the locomotive does re- spond slightly differently on start-up than locomotives with DCC modules by other manufacturers. When first placed on the track, and at the beginning of an operating session, the initiation of the engine sound is delayed to reduce the initial loading on the DCC system


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caused by multiple sound units being energized during the fire-up mode. Once the prime mover fires up there is a built-in delay between opening the throttle and first movement of the loco- motive. This mimics the prototype oper- ation where the engine loads up to the notch 1 setting before the locomotive moves. The instructions included with the model provide information on changing this operating characteristic to match other locomotives.


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