This engine is a BB 22200 with the PACA region livery; you may ask "why the PACA livery while you do the north of France". Here's why:
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Here are the references:
- LS Models 10436 - BB 22258 RC
- ESU LokSound V5 Sound TMC - link
Opening the BB 22258RC engine
Opening this model is supposed to be easy: no screws, just move the body away above each bogie. Except for a cable on each that is connecting the body to the chassis:
Luckily, it was pretty easy to detach those, by sliding a flat screwdriver at the top and separate it slowly from the body. It didn't seem to be glued and would come off quite easily.
Once those two cables are separated from the body, I was able to pull/stretch the body from the chassis above each bogie:
You'd think the manufacturer would provide such details, but no. Here's a link to the manual.
Installing the decoder
To install the decoder, I have to remove the dummy decoder on the left and position the speaker in the round spot on the right hand side:
Since the decoder from Train Modelisme came with the speaker soldered to the decoder, I need to unsolder those and solder the round speaker onto the main circuit board as explained in the manual:
Testing the sound decoder
And here's how it looks (sounds) now:
And when putting everything back together:
