Im attempting to model a set of Burlington Northern F units, and from the prototype pictures, there is a strobe beacon attached to the cab roof. Can anyone point me in the direction of a detail parts manufacturer who offers this item?

Thank you for your help.

Joseph

Dear fellow hobbyists,

I have recently decided to develop a turnout decoder to suit my particular situation. I am a model railroader who does not have a fixed and permanent layout, instead I build my layout as I have opportunity and time. Of course, this means that no two layouts are the same and that individual turnouts (many of which can be controlled electrically) change places. To deal with this situation, I came up with a miniature decoder that is attached to each individual turnout and draws power and commands directly from the turnout's tracks.

Trying to decide best way to convert this Bachmann N Scale EMD GP40 to DCC. 

See from this TCS article there is some tedious and risky effort involved. Especially with cutting traces on the factory board. https://tcsdcc.com/installation/n-scale/2093

I'll have an update this weekend about the TCS UWT-50 status (still having injection molding issues). But now I'd like to talk about the use of thumb switches. But, before we get into this, I'd like to note that I'm a volunteer on the project--although they do feed us when we visit TCS :-).