AM08 & AM86

 

Just a quick video while I was running trains ...

 

Van Biervliet AM08

 

Here's the real EMU:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sncb1357/23300776314/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototak/7366646680/

And here's the model I purchased: Van Biervliet VB-6003.7 DCC Sound with interior lighting:

It's equipped with an ESU Sound decoder and gave it DCC address #8007:

And a short video:

How to open a AM08 Desiro railcar from Van Biervliet

 

I made a new video on how to open a AM08 Desiro railcar from Van Biervliet. 

AM08 Desiro

Before we get to that, I'm adding here several videos from the actual railcar:

Van Biervliet

Van Biervliet released only two models. According to Wikipedia, some railcars are equipped for 25kV and can cross the borders into France and Luxembourg.

So, here's how to open this model:

Using CV 54 for Auto Adjusting

 

I have a AM08 Desiro from Van Biervliet that I want to digitalize:

I plugged an ESU 59620 LokPilot V5.0 DCC, but the running was not smooth at all - similarly to what I experienced by inputting a "blank" decoder into the Piko BB 60000.

After a little research, I found this article on auto-adjusting decoders with CV 54: link. ESU actually released a video explaining exactly what to do:

• Make sure the engine has 2 to 3 meters to run
• Set CV 54 to 0
• Press F1
• The engine will run at maximum speed for a short period of time
• CV 54 has a new value and the running should be smooth

And it worked beautifully:

The next step is to look into interior lighting for this AM08, but the goal of this post was about auto-adjusting decoders with CV 54.