Orders for an 86 & 87 have prompted some v4 upgrade work to both sound projects. The flexibility of the v4 has enabled some nice features;

Wheelslip if you accelerate hard at slow speeds, neutral section now on a function key, howling rheostatic brakes if you decelerate hard, speed-dependant 'rail noise' and so on. My v3.5 had some of these but they were nowhere near as elegant and responsive. As usual, having a play has yielded new ideas, and led to improvements I'd like to roll out other projects.

The photo dates from about 1979; the time when we used to buy a ticket from New Street to International and spend all day going between the two behind AC electrics, 50's and duffs. If you were unlucky you got 'gripped' and had to buy another ticket! Happy days.

Busy weekend up ahead. It's an early start tomorrow for two days of recording at a well-known preserved railway and then off to Wigan show on Sunday. You'll have to wait & see which railway! More recordings, I haven't started processing the ones from the last trip yet...