Tsunami Non-Turbo EMD 645.AVI

Athearn HO SW1500 operated by homemade Control Stand throttle to demonstrate functional brake feature of SoundTraxx Tsunami "Non-Turbo EMD 645" DCC sound decoder.
The 20-year old engine was remotored to accommodate a speaker in the fuel tank. The Control Stand throttle was literally built around an NCE Cab 04P controller.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• DCC
• sound
• Tsunami
• model
• railroad
• EMD
• 645
• SW
• 1500
• control
• stand
• functional
• brake

[nwbatman2222]

The Control Stand Throttle is literally built around an NCE Cab04P controller, and has the same capabilities and limitations as an unmodified Cab04P. It has no keys for "Consisting", (MU-ing), locomotives.

[nwbatman2222]

There is no "how to", but there are notes and photos on the NCE-DCC Yahoo group. Look in the Public Files section for "Bill of Materials for Control Stand Throttle". There are two worksheets. One lists the components and the other has rough notes on how I put them together. The pics are in the Photos section.

[EMDSD14R]

wow thts sweet!!!..is tht an athearn SW 1500?..and how did u do the mod's to it for the speaker/motor?..cool vid..keep up the aswome work!!!

[nwbatman2222]

@EMDSD14R Yes, it is a 20-year old Athearn SW1500 that was repowered with a Sagami motor, about 35mm x 18mm, with a flywheel on one end. I used a hacksaw and file to remove the center of the fuel tank casting so that a SoundTraxx Edgeport speaker, (no longer available), could be epoxied to the bottom of the frame, and the motor mounted on top of the speaker.

[supaned]

Fantastic sound on the loco , but I think the real star of the show is the control stand ; I also like that the locomotive responds just nicely to the control stand actions. Any futher info or a how-to on how to construct one of those would be most appreciated.

[nwbatman2222]

The controller is literally built around an NCE Cab04P DCC throttle, adding momentary switches wired in parallel with the Cab04P's push buttons. A new potentiometer with a handle replaces the original pot. There are some photos on the NCE-DCC newsgroup or e-mail me @ turnersb@msn.com.

[DCCSound]

This completes the dream, "every boy wants to be a train driver". Nice work!! Now all you need is in cab cameras, an engineer's seat and a room to house some monitors.

[sicilian12345]

LOL this is by far the coolest thing I've seen! I wish i had this

[darkhound891]

are you able to MU locomotives with the controller?

[matrod05]

Do you have the "how to" to buld this Control Stand throttle ???

[matrod05]

Hi NWbatman,

Your "Manual Notchting" is "PERFECT !!!! .

Could you give me the "CV's Values" that you used, i'll try in my Tsunami 645 non-turbo .

[LambingFlat]

Amazing everything! I want one!

[ronthecyborg]

Jaw-dropping video. The control stand you've created is amazing! you could make a lot of money if you mass-produced these things!