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I thought that the latest Swallow livery is the only Valenta powered class 43 TTS released. What other Valenta file class 43 have Hornby released, please? There are many Valenta prototype class 43 that Hornby have released without sound and these would provide a market for a standalone Valenta file...

Riviera trains have two full rakes of blue-grey Mk2 aircons kept at Nemesis Burton.

It could be, or it could also be that they sell more sound fitted power cars from the Valenta era so don't have the stock to sell it as standalone.

Cheapest but very limited: Hornby Select
Slightly more but NMRA compliant: Bachmann E-Z Command (not dynamis)
If you already have a laptop and think you could end up doing programming: SPROG II (A bit more technical though.)

Passenger numbers have risen dramatically since privatisation, this is not in doubt. What I want to know is how the proponents of privatisation can be so sure that privatisation was the cause of this. Surely in a world where more people are on the move than ever before by every form of transport and...

If they run quite well on DC then they should convert OK, if they are poor runners then it could be worth converting to CD tray drive motors before you go to DCC or sometimes a new magnet in the ringfield helps. Plenty of YouTube videos on converting to CD tray motors.

Hi I was thinking adding another 6 mm sheet on top to take flex out ? What are your thoughts? It depends what is causing your flex? What and where your weight is. Is it flex in the middle of each quarter, flex across the whole thing or dipping in the middle? If it is flexing where you lean on it to...

I think the most likely explanation, since the lights are working is that, in cutting the capacitors the movement has caused one or more connections to fail. This is quite common with older Bachmann locos in my experience, the wires to the motor are very fine and break easily or the solder may have ...

I don't particularly enjoy sound fitted trains, I find a lot of them too much. Perhaps I'd try one if the volume can be turned quite far down.

And I'm not even old but definitely a git.

The pivot point of a steam loco tends to be the front and rear main driving wheel, problem locos will be those with a long overhang infront or behind the driving wheels (like a Pacific). The collet is an 0-6-0 so won't be anywhere near the overhangs on your longest coach or DMU which will be 23m. Th...

Using the short straights will increase the clearance but I'm afraid it is again down to experimentation, you can use maths to work out the loading gauge on a given curve radius and therefore the required structure gauge but it gets complex at the transitions. What is your longest bit of stock? Is i...

Is your layout still this one?

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It sounds to me like you are getting shorting on the wheels crossing the frog. So I would use insulated rail joiners and put power feeds in beyond the point then get rid of the clips in the points.

The Bachmann EZ one does seem to be the Bluerail items rebranded.

I suppose it depends then how satisfied one is with the standard lights. For me the Yellow is just too awful to live with as a headlight. I've not tried the Express models kit though I thought I could do better myself.