Broadway Limited Blue Line PRR M1A 4-8-2

Scale:
HO Scale


This installation uses the following decoder:


The installation is for . It uses decoder and was performed by a TCS Customer.

This installation documentation is for the HO-Scale Broadway Limited Blue Line PRR M1A 4-8-2. This installation uses the TCS T1P-SH decoder, and was performed by a TCS customer.

The picture above shows the locomotive prior to the decoder installation.
The picture above shows the locomotive prior to the decoder installation.
Remove the two screws from the bottom of the tender, then remove the shell of the tender.
Remove the two screws from the bottom of the tender, then remove the shell of the tender.
Plug in the decoder so that the Orange wire lines up with Pin #1 of the socket. Pin #1 will be designated with a "1" or a small arrow/chevron. Re-install the tender shell and screws and you are done!
Plug in the decoder so that the Orange wire lines up with Pin #1 of the socket. Pin #1 will be designated with a "1" or a small arrow/chevron. Re-install the tender shell and screws and you are done!

Important Soldering Tip

Please do not use any flux either liquid or paste on the mother board. Over time, the acidic properties of liquid or paste flux will begin eating away at the fiberglass PCB and will damage it. Use only Rosin-core solder or no-clean flux approved for electronics use.

TCS recommends the use of Kester "44" Sn63 Pb37, .015" diameter Rosin-core solder. Kester part number 24-6337-0007.

You can order this solder from the following retailers:
Digikey - PN:KE1110-ND
Techni-Tool - PN:488SO6775

Other solder tips

When stripping wire, only strip a tiny little bit of the insulation. Strip no more than a 1/32 of an inch. When the wire gets tinned with solder, the insulation will shrink back more. Try to not expose any more wire than half the length of the solder pad at most. In no case should solder or exposed wire wire ever be outside the boundary of the the solder pad you are attaching a wire to.
Click here for important information on properly Stripping and Tinning wire