Rocket loco

[Edward-1202080]

Being a newbie at over 70 will the Rocket be able to convert to dcc . Thanks Andy

[96RAF]

If you are talking about the recently released Rocket then it already has a socket for a decoder, so conversion is simply swapping the blanking plug for a decoder.

[MartKS1707822133]

Yes if its the old tri-ang rocket the only thing is if its got a smoke gen. You will need to remove it from operation as this will cause problems. The other thing as the loco run on steel track it will run on nic/silver track so you will loose the magnet affect to hold it down to the track.

[ColinB]

If it has a smoke generator no need to disconnect it just use a decoder with a decent output. The Zimo decoders have enough current capability and they came in really small sizes.

[RDS]

@Edward

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