Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The new Power Bridge stay alives from NixTrainz provided me the opportunity to improve the performance of my Walthers SW1 switcher. This little locomotive has always had issues with flickering headlights, stalling, and jerking when traveling over irregular track such as turnouts, crossovers, crossings, and similar obstacles. So I opted to install a Power Bridge III in the loco with its SoundTraxx sound decoder. In this video I'll show you the installation process step by step, and then we'll take it for a test drive. This video runs a little longer than usual so feel free to scroll directly to sections you are more interested in. The double sided tape I mentioned that Nick recommends for installations can be found on eBay--search for 3M 9474LE.
For more information and prices visit:
nixtrainz.com
ironplanethobbies.com
sbs4dcc.com
The new Power Bridge stay alives from NixTrainz provided me the opportunity to improve the performance of my Walthers SW1 switcher. This little locomotive has always had issues with flickering headlights, stalling, and jerking when traveling over irregular track such as turnouts, crossovers, crossings, and similar obstacles. So I opted to install a Power Bridge III in the loco with its SoundTraxx sound decoder. In this video I'll show you the installation process step by step, and then we'll take it for a test drive. This video runs a little longer than usual so feel free to scroll directly to sections you are more interested in. The double sided tape I mentioned that Nick recommends for installations can be found on eBay--search for 3M 9474LE.
For more information and prices visit:
nixtrainz.com
ironplanethobbies.com
sbs4dcc.com
