My money was on you. Great video, Jersey Bill

Well done. You give me confidence to try my own install. You’re right about not needing a sound decoder. That familiar Atlas growl provides all the sound you need!

I like to go carefully and enjoy the process.

Can you install a DCC decoder in less than 10 minutes? Yes! Just get a DCC ready loco and plug in, shouldn't take more than a few minutes :) But yeah, loved the work, the finger nail wire stripper move gets 9 out 10 marks, if you used your teeth like I've done in the past that'd be a full 10 out of 10.

I have the same loco and I only use it for shunting in my fiddle yard * Happy Rails *

Great work Dave! I'm definitely doing some of these soon so it's pretty helpful to watch, even if you're in a hurry to finish it in under 10 minutes 🤣

Nice work Dave. Scenery time soon 👍

Nice job for what is basically a Roco chassis, they are usually a lot harder to do

Dave, a handy hint with SD and GP units. There is the letter F on the running boards, this is the actual front of the loco. And it will mean the long hood is the front. It mimics the orientation of the cabs on Steam locos. The short end is actually the back on them. It has only been in the last few decades that the short hood is the front. So in older pre 1960's SD, and GP units the long hood is the Front. Just look for the letter F somewhere on the lower side of the locos. You may also find the letter F on Cab units like PAs F, E units.

Kids never rush your work or it can mess up your things. Always test your things and make adjustments.

Great looking lights Dave! Take care, Jeff Hanna

Great video. Thanks for sharing. 😊

For a person that looks at all your videos and says the number of atlas locos you have done around 18 minutes for some reason you always run into a problem and you kind of a neat freak lol 😂 but you always get the job done and that’s all that counts

Love these videos 👍

Nice work sir you did great.😊

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Great video

Cheat - a shell that comes straight off - last time I did anything like this took me a good 20miins just to find the screws for the shell!!! Double sided tape living upto expectations and being a total bugger just to get backing off - congratulations on getting it done in 10 mins despite the tape. Only change I'd think of would be binding the pickup leads and the decoder power in all same direction then a slightly wider bit of heat shrink tube you can apply after the join is made. If the heat shrink then isn''t pushed all the way the then and open end of the tube not fully closed off, you have an insulated probe access to wire, helpful for fault finding. TTFN

I can if it is DCC ready....other wise upwards to an hour. Sometimes even longer

If you have extra wire you can wrap it around your knife handle it's a good way of getting the wire out of the way.😂

my guess is 15 minutes. ok well done !!!!

@Scott Rails Nicely done!. Have you ever considered using anything like "liquid electrical tape" to coat any solder joints to insulate them?. I use it for that purpose.

try cv setting back emf to off might be one cause of the jerky slow start

What is that rumble? Watch out for fire or green smoke! Something is NOT right!!

Ok, I'll take the plunge on behalf of the wider world: if < 10 min for the install, then why a 30 min video?😅

20 minutes. I did not fast forward. ⏩