NS&T 19: It’s alive!

Posted byTrevorPosted inDCC, Wiring, and Sound, Niagara St Catharines & Toronto Railway in 1:64, NS&T Freight Motors, S Scale Equipment, Video

I have to apologize. This video is awful. I can hear the yells of “Focus! Focus!” already.

But I was juggling the camera and the LokProgrammer computer interface – and production quality suffered. Don’t tell my friends from university: I should be better at this.

With that out of the way…

Here’s a horrid little video to prove it.

While I wait for decals to arrive, I’ve started installing DCC and Sound into my first three NS&T freight motors. I’ll fit each with a LokSound V5, an ESU PowerPak (electronic flywheel), and a decent, high-bass speaker.

Everything fit nicely on top of the frame, the body lowers over it without any issues. The result, as applied to #19, is shown in the above (horrid, little) video.

There’s still a lot of programming to do – from tweaking motor performance, to adjusting sound samples and volumes. (And Matt Herman at ESU North America deserves a huge thank you for his help with this project. He fixed a couple of goofs I made in programming the decoder, which I never would’ve found.)

I must also install a headlight at each end – something that won’t happen until I’ve finished lettering, finishing, and weathering the bodies. But so far, so good!

One down: two to go.

Published by Trevor

Lifelong model railway enthusiast and retired amateur shepherd who trained a border collie to work sheep. Professional writer and editor, with some podcasting and Internet TV presenting work thrown in for good measure.