Hello from Illinois

[Jimbobmacnamara]

Hi all, currently working on converting some older 90’s era LGB locos to dcc. Have a small garden layout, looking forward to some dcc antics this winter!

 

[trammayo]

Welcome - and good luck with dcc (I'm all analogue).

 

[Gizzy]

Welcome to the forum Jim Bob....

 

[dunnyrail]

Welcome to the forum, lots of help in the varying threads and personal links.

 

[Paul M]

Welcome to the forum Jim Bob. You'll find all the advice you need on here, just beware of the humour!

 

[Madman]

Welcome aboard Jim.

 

[Sean.]

Hello from Massachusetts

 

[pugwash]

Also a warm welcome from a country you will probably have to Google. Ignore P Paul M as we are all perfectly normal. Well kind of.
I have taken the DCC route too albeit in HO as I no longer have a garden. A bit of a trick to learn at first but the advantages quickly make it worthwhile.

 

[Dan]

The older LGB motor blocks only used 3 wires as one motor lead was tied to one track power pickup. I removed the motor, trimmed the lead that went to the track power and added a forth wire from the motor directly to the decoder as well as the 3 original wires. Also one should remember that LGB used 6 volts for the '5 volt' bulbs (all moguls). Some users liked the 5 volts better on old steam engines as this gave a dimmer light.