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Cheers Matt your a great help. I may go for the DCC opting on my loft layout but my electronic skills and extra expense are putting me off a kitted at the moment

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Yes Matt that's fantastic thank you. Why is it better this way ? Is it because the whole of the layout is "live"??

Thankful matt appreciate that, but my knowlage of electronics is 0
How would I do that, as I'll only be using the basic hornby one R965 or the R8250

Mark

Edit, I don't mean the soldering bit I mean the electrical set up.....

Bring it to Mansfield, Nottingham I'd come...lol
Best of luck with it all..

Mark

Will be run on DC mat, the display line will only be for a static only. Only place I had thought about trains waiting is the top siding this area maybe some sort of engine shed. As for track its all bog standard hornby. All points will be controlled manually. And only one train running at a time. Mark

prob another colliery layout, this is to tide me over till the loft is borded out and ready for the big layout...your thoughts and ideas on where to add power supply please...... any comments for improvement welcome.... http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh613/Biglad82/shunt.jpg http://i1254.photob...

Think the spoke type is out the question as I'll be having around 12points and want one designated control area..

Thank you all for your input. While I'm here. Instead of starting a of thread. Any one box idea what the earliest diesels that would have been used in the Midlands for the transportation of coal ? When I say early I mean that would have pulled planked coal wagons. ? a lot would depend on Private or...

Thank you all for your input. While I'm here. Instead of starting a of thread. Any one box idea what the earliest diesels that would have been used in the Midlands for the transportation of coal ? When I say early I mean that would have pulled planked coal wagons. ?

after looking it is 100% dock shunter the bogie detail talies and the top casting has a screw position for the lighting unit that this one has in place http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRIANG-DOCK-SHUNTER-MOTORISED-DIESEL-UNIT-VERY-GOOD-RUNNER-/400328565250?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item5d35712...

It could be from one of these . I have a Triang trans continental and it looks very similar but I think it was used in a few different models EDIT. Just noticed that you said the rear coupling had come off. The trans continental wouldn't have had a rear coupling, so it can't be from that model. Yes...

A "old boy" mate of my grandad gave him this to give to me. Just something he picked up at a car boot 25p it set him back. Lol cheap I know lol. But it works a treat. Apart from it not having a body shell it's a smooth runner. Rear coupler taken off as I was cleaning it.. All he was told w...

Try here: http://www.lytchettmanor.co.uk/mercontrol.html There are other (cheaper) ways of doing it, I use rail let into the baseboard with an omega loop at the point end and a DPDT slier switch at the other to switch frog polarity. There are plenty of other variations on the subject... Try Googlin...

I was thinking the wire type method. As I can get hold of spoke type wire in 3ft lengths. This is what got me thinking