City of Leeds DCC conversion from analogue

[Ashbourne Junction]

Hi. Has anyone had any success converting the City of Leeds Duchess (as in the Middy Scot set) to DCC? i couldn’t find anything through the search or elsewhere. I know its probably pre DCC, but just wondered. Thanks for any advice.

[WilliamDavid]

This may be non dcc or dcc ready. I think it came in both versions.

You need to take the loco body off and see if a 8 pin decoder is fitted.

If one is fitted, easy.

If not, you will have to hard wire the decoder.

[96RAF]

If you know the catalogue R- number then you can find the service sheet for it which will show if there is a socket or not and/or where it is.

[Ashbourne Junction]

Thanks. Looks like it is r2078 which equates to service sheet 223. No mention of dcc unfortunately. 

[Fishmanoz]

Or SS111 for that R number.  Either way, it is a Ringfield tender drive.  Check Brian Lambert for which of the 3 types is in it and how to convert it.  You must first make sure the brush connectors are isolated from the chassis. 

[tnttrucker]

I have this model from the Royal Scot train pack. It has a Ring field tender drive motor and it was a hardwire job. I had to replace one of the screws holding the brush and spring in place with a nylon screw (got from Peters spares)in order to isolate it from the motor/tender chassis. It was then just a soldering job. There is room in the tender for chip to fit, I used double sided sticky tabs.

[Ashbourne Junction]

Really helpful everyone. Thankyou. It can be done then.