Athearn power problem

[Glenbrook Steel]

I Might Try this Way First , But I Havent Soldered Chipboards Before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7VGFfTvoRw

[diburning]

Originally Posted by MGWSY

I am probably one of the few that gets anal about wiring older Athearn BB locos. What I do is solder wires to the Bronze bushings then directly to the decoder or decoder plug. I figure that the least amount of contacts made the better. Only contact between the track and wires is the wheel axles in the bushings. You don't have to worry about contact made to the metal truck plates or trucks and body this way.

Works great for RTR models using the same system, as well as Proto 2000 locos with the Athearn clone trucks