diburning
AlcoHaulic
I will be getting 2 Athearn RTR GP40-2s, and 2 Athearn RTR GP38-2s soon and I will probably get ditch lights installed on the fronts and rears of the locomotives.
Three will be NS and one will be Conrail. As far as I know, all of the units have oscillating/flashing ditch lights.
Those locos will also be getting Tsunami decoders in them sometime in the near future. However, the Tsunami decoders only have 4 functions (Front and Rear Headlight, and 2 other functions) which would mean that the Tsunami would only be able to drive the front ditch lights.
I am thinking about putting in a second function only decoder so that the rear ditch lights would flash as well.
My questions are:
1. Would I need a 4 function, function only decoder?
2. If so, which brand does the best job?
3. Which brand is the least expensive?
4. Would I be able to use the Tsunami's 4 functions for the ditch lights and put in a 2 function, function only decoder for the headlights?
5. Would I run in to any programming problems with any of these setups?
6. Do you have any other suggestions?
Three will be NS and one will be Conrail. As far as I know, all of the units have oscillating/flashing ditch lights.
Those locos will also be getting Tsunami decoders in them sometime in the near future. However, the Tsunami decoders only have 4 functions (Front and Rear Headlight, and 2 other functions) which would mean that the Tsunami would only be able to drive the front ditch lights.
I am thinking about putting in a second function only decoder so that the rear ditch lights would flash as well.
My questions are:
1. Would I need a 4 function, function only decoder?
2. If so, which brand does the best job?
3. Which brand is the least expensive?
4. Would I be able to use the Tsunami's 4 functions for the ditch lights and put in a 2 function, function only decoder for the headlights?
5. Would I run in to any programming problems with any of these setups?
6. Do you have any other suggestions?