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- Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Hornby - including Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef, Electrotren
- Topic: 2024 Range
- Replies: 13
- Views: 784
Re: 2024 Range
I don't have a use for the model of Locomotion. But I did spend a couple of interesting hours with the Beamish staff when it was being operated, and it was time well spent. That was the replica. Hornby are modelling the original as it is today at Shildon as a static exhibit. Q is then what differec...
- Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:36 am
- Forum: Heljan
- Topic: Heljan OO Class 25
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2453
Re: Heljan OO Class 25
The lack of any body framing being visible through the large side grille as well puts me off them - something that their new 45 also suffers from.
- Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:45 pm
- Forum: DCC Forum
- Topic: Dapol Imperium Chip In Non DCC Ready Engine
- Replies: 5
- Views: 487
Re: Dapol Imperium Chip In Non DCC Ready Engine
You would be best using a wired decoder like one with a 8 pin plug (and if such remove the plug) and solder the wires direct to the pick-ups (red and black) and motor (orange and grey). If you are ultra careful the loco will go in the correct direction but if not either swop one sets of wires around...
- Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:19 pm
- Forum: Track/Layout Design
- Topic: Peco SL 99 Y point
- Replies: 1
- Views: 546
Re: Peco SL 99 Y point
SL-99 or SL-99XX is a 3 way not a Y. Presumably at some piint Peco had a computer system that required four digits / charcters hence the XX so largelky the same but Peco have constantly retooled their points with tighter clearances and smaller frogs. So if you are running current locos then the XX v...
- Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:28 pm
- Forum: Real World Railways
- Topic: First Radius Curves...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 505
Re: First Radius Curves...
The curve at the southern end of Crimple Valley viaduct Harrogate on what was a link line between the Harrogate-Wetherby line (closed 1966) and the original Leeds Northern line to Starbeck line that run underneath the viaduct (closed 1951) is pretty sharp (less than 200m radius) and tranversed by Az...
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:27 pm
- Forum: DCC Forum
- Topic: Wiring a Peco SL-E194
- Replies: 3
- Views: 628
Re: Wiring a Peco SL-E194
One solution is use a dcc frog switch module on each frog, with isolated joiners as decriibed above, such as the Gaugemaster DCC80 Autofrog - individually £8.50 (or less), pack of 3 £22.50 (or less)
- Sat Jul 16, 2022 9:52 am
- Forum: General Model Railway Discussion / News
- Topic: Peco Streamline 3-way turnout
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1087
Re: Peco Streamline 3-way turnout
Like all other Peco points over the 30+ years since it was originally introduced the tooling will have been updated an number of times. As an example I remotored my old 1980s Hornby Rocket (which at least does not break or stop working like the current one) only to find that whilst it ran through Pe...
- Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:58 am
- Forum: Hornby - including Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef, Electrotren
- Topic: Hornby Stephenson Rocket Mail set
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1424
Re: Hornby Stephenson Rocket Mail set
You would have thought they would aim to equal/better the competition. The Bachmann Wickham Trolley shows you can have tiny OO motorised stock with custiomer friendly wiring arrnagement - okay not a simply DCC fit that one, and the Bachmann USA tank as an example of ultra neat internal wiring in com...
- Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:38 pm
- Forum: Hornby - including Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef, Electrotren
- Topic: Hornby Stephenson Rocket Mail set
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1424
Re: Hornby Stephenson Rocket Mail set
The 6 pin socket is in the tender water barrel but Hornbys inability to come up with a sensible design means the socket incredibly is sited such that their is only space for a 6 pin plug and not a normal 6 pin decoder. On mine they had in any case wired the socket up wrong with track feeds to 4 term...
- Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:52 am
- Forum: Hornby - including Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef, Electrotren
- Topic: Hornby Stephenson Rocket Mail set
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1424
Re: Hornby Stephenson Rocket Mail set
Assuming its the same as the first release Rocket of last year there is a small screw on the underside of the loco body. The tightness of this is critical to the performance of the model as whilst it simply holds the body in place, the body has two internal protrutions which hold in place an otherwi...
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:09 pm
- Forum: DCC Forum
- Topic: Peco sl-97 wiring for dcc
- Replies: 5
- Views: 683
Re: Peco sl-97 wiring for dcc
The reference to the modifications being "DCC friendly" is due to a perceived possibilty of the rear of a metal wheel touching the open switch rail and causing a short as all rails bar the stock rail to which the switch rail is open next to it are at the same polarity on an electrofrog poi...
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:33 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: Hornby Adams Radial Problems.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2437
Re: Hornby Adams Radial Problems.
Sounds like the bogie and/or pony truck have too much downwards pressure and are lifting the driving wheels off the track.
- Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:15 pm
- Forum: Personal Layouts - Under Construction
- Topic: Hornby Adams Radial Problems.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2437
Re: Hornby Adams Radial Problems.
Check the pick up contact strips are bearing on the back of the wheels at all times as the axles slide from side to side. If not use a small screwdriver to hold the contact strip on the back of the wheel and another to cretae a slight bend in it which has enough force to hold the strip on the back o...
- Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:57 pm
- Forum: DCC Forum
- Topic: Peco sl-97 wiring for dcc
- Replies: 5
- Views: 683
Re: Peco sl-97 wiring for dcc
You do not need to do anything - it will work okay as it is. The problem however with Peco points is that the power contact bewteen a switch rail and stock rail depends on a clean contact which overtime may not conduct properly. Modifying them is not a DCC neccessity but rather good practice be it D...
- Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:05 pm
- Forum: DCC Forum
- Topic: Peco sl-97 wiring for dcc
- Replies: 5
- Views: 683
Re: Peco sl-97 wiring for dcc
You refer to SL-97 which is an insulfrog point while the wiring for dcc (which is not essential as Peco points work fine as supplied on DCC) is for the electrofrog SLE-97 . By modifying them you are building in extra measures to ensure they remain working fine if muck etc builds up to cause problems...