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Union Pacific/OSL #618 in N scale...

Customizing a Bachmann 2-8-0 to resemble UP/OSL #618:
Phase 1: installing a Soundtraxx Tsunami2 Sound decoder into a Model Power Vandy tender.

Phase 2: Customizing the loco.
Phase 1: MP Vanderbilt tender (exploded view)
Phase 1: MP Vanderbilt tender (exploded view)
Phase 1: MP Vanderbilt tender (bottom view)
Phase 1: MP Vanderbilt tender (bottom view)
Phase 1: Converting Bachmann tender trucks
Phase 1: Converting Bachmann tender trucks
Phase 1: Modifying tender to fit Bachmann trucks
Phase 1: Modifying tender to fit Bachmann trucks
Phase 1: Inside of tender w/ weight removed
Phase 1: Inside of tender w/ weight removed
Phase 1: Port in front of tender for electrical connections
Phase 1: Port in front of tender for electrical connections
Phase 1: Front of tender frame
Phase 1: Front of tender frame
Phase 1: Lots of wires to connect!
Phase 1: Lots of wires to connect!
Phase 1: Lots of wires to connect!
Phase 1: Lots of wires to connect!
Phase 1: Painted tender underframe
Phase 1: Painted tender underframe
Phase 1: Tender electrical busses
Phase 1: Tender electrical busses
Phase 1: Speaker enclosure in oil bunker
Phase 1: Speaker enclosure in oil bunker
Phase 1: Speaker installed in oil bunker
Phase 1: Speaker installed in oil bunker
Phase 1: Separation!
Phase 1: Separation!
Reference: factory decoder w/ connections labaled
Reference: factory decoder w/ connections labaled
Phase 1: Linking the new tender
Phase 1: Linking the new tender
Phase 1: COMPLETE!
Phase 1: COMPLETE!
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