Hornby LNER D49 with Sound and Stay-Alive

Kit: Zimo MX645R; Zimo LS40X20X09-1W Dumbo; SuperCap17000uF

The decoder is attached to the underside of the coal moulding with some Black Tack. The speaker is attached to the rear of the tender and the super capacitor is attached to the speaker with Black Tack. The loco does not have very good electrical pickup and smaller capacitors were ineffective.

The draw-bar between the loco and tender had to be bent down to make the rear driving wheels sit on the track.

The position of the NEM pocket is set back to bring it in line with the NEM standard and glued into place. This brings wagons and carriages closer to the tender using the ROCO auto-coupler.

Photos and words kindly provided by Roger at Keen Systems.

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