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Keep-Alive DCC Decoder Demonstration & installation
A demonstration showing how a DCC decoder with a keep-alive capacitor can help short wheel base locomotives get through complicated track work that they sometimes stall on. In this example a TCS KAM4 decoder is installed in a Athearn SW1000 switcher. Operation of the switcher before and after installation is shown for comparison.
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