How To Install DCC & Sound N Scale Kato Amtrak P42 SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 TSU-N18

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Soundtraxx TSU-N18 DCC Sound Decoder: https://soundtraxx.com/tsu-n18/
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This video shows the process for how to install a SoundTraxx Tsunami 2 TSU-N18 DCC decoder into a N Scale Kato EMD P42DC Genesis locomotive using a Wutter Vehicles & Details WVD Next 18 Adapter Board. The P42 is mostly indistinguishable from the P40, and the adapter board is made to work with F Units as well as the F40-PH line of locomotives from Kato.

Along the way, we make the ditch lights separately controllable, and program them to flash alternately when the horn is sounded, just like the prototypes do. We also install independently operable front and rear marker lights.

This is the second part of my long distance Amtrak train build, in honor of Amtrak's 50th anniversary. In the next episode, we'll add interior lighting to the coaches as well as rear marker lights for the last car in the train.

Special thanks to Alvin Ho of Wutter Vehicles and Details for the WVD Next 18 Adapter Board, and also to SoundTraxx for providing the TSU-N18 decoder that was used in the making of this program.

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