Workbench Wednesdays - Fitting a sound decoder to City of Truro

In this edition of Workbench Wednesdays we show you how we fitted a sound decoder to our Bachmann City Of Truro model.
We used
Bachmann 31-725NRM loco number 3440 City of Truro
Zimo MS440c sound decoder loaded with YouChoos sounds
If you try this project yourself be very careful with the metal handrails on the tender. We didn't manage to film this part of the project but they were very fiddly to remove and reattach.

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Fantastic video Simon, it is really interesting to see these model railway projects at work.
Your drone footage of black 5 44871 was spectacular especially when you saw it thunder under the bridge. It reminds me of Thomas the Tank Engine.
City of Truro did do 100 mph long before Flying Scotsman was even a sketch on a drawing board. Why some enthusiasts make a fuss about it I'll never know!
That is a very nice new use for an old writing desk, it always best to recycle rather than throw away.
I saw a piano in the background whilst you revealed the writing desk, do you do piano lessons yourself? I play the piano too and one of my favorite songs to play is hymn to the robin from the book, the boy the mole the fox and the horse by Charlie Mackesy. It makes me smile every time I play it.
Keep your steam up Simon
Cheers mate
Kevig

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Thanks for watching. We were really pleased with the drone footage recently. It just keeps getting better! Simon’s dad plays piano and is also playing/singing the music for the channel.