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  2. Some would say it was the only thing right about the AL4s.
  3. Am I missing something? It was like that for years. Think it's back in green again. Jason
  4. Newton Abbott, Abergavenny Junction, Neath Court Sart, Landore, Chalford (Gloucester outstation), Severn Tunnel Jc, Aberbeeg, Radyr, Camden, no doubt many more. Work at these sheds was not specifically or uniquely banking duties of course, but there were banking duties nonetheless, and even Tebay and Bromsgrove had other duties besides the banking they were famous for, local trips, pilot, and pickup work. Beattock provided the loco for the Moffat branch.
  5. Bath Green Park / Queens Square & Templecombe. The banking engines there were not specifically for banking, but were rostered for those duties as appropriate.
  6. Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help. I have for the first time connected my Z21 and Z21 dual booster to the under construction layout. The two units are linked by canbus. The Z21 drives the accessory bus, and the booster is for track power split into two districts. I first tested only the accessory bus, using a combination of Yamorc 8116 with MTB MP1s and Gaugemaster decoders/solenoids. All working ok. When I first connected the track buses, I realised I had a short which after much investigative work, turned out to be a wrongly used metal rail joiner on a turnout V, rather than an insulated joiner. Now sorted. But I cannot get rid of the blue flashing light on the booster. I’ve tried pressing the button, resetting to factory default, switching off/on. I know the track buses are ok now, as I have separately connected each to the Z21 (temporarily disconnecting the accessory bus), and I can get a loco running in both track districts. The accessory bus is also ok via the Z21. But still the blue flashing light. Attached are photos (whoops upside down for some reason) of the Z21 Maintenance App showing the booster screens. Hoping for some help soon, as may have to go out and do some gardening to relieve the stress! thanks Ian
  7. I've recently bought the late SR brown one, trying some shunting I found it derailed over my set-track points on the curved route. I thought it was the track at first, then the b2bs. I couldn't work out how to get the wheels out, but thanks to comments on this thread, with a lump in my throat, managed to get the rigging removed and the wheels out. I found I needed considerable pressure to close them up to the axle shoulders, but the van now runs and does not derail - at the expense of a bit of the rigging! Better a usable van minus a little bit of hidden detail than a perfectly detailed hangar queen in the display case. Thanks to all the useful commenters above. 👍
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    TT120: HST

    Hi Michael, I'm sorry to say that you might want to return your HST to Hornby for them to take a look at it if fitting it with DCC doesn't cure its problems (and I'm also doubtful that it would cure it but it must be worth a try). After seeing your post I thought I'd give mine a test as I currently have a running-in loop of track on my dining room table (much to the delight of the Domestic Authority). The loop is a full circle of Tillig bedding track of radius 396 (so equal to Hornby's R4) plus only four 166mm straights, laid out with two straights per side (so the circuit is an oval rather than a 'square'). I don't have any BG Mk3s (they're not out yet) so I tried my HST set with three unlit Pullmans from the Scotsman set and three Mk1 from the Easterner. My HST set is DCC and it came pre-fitted. The 'train' was long enough to cover almost half of the circuit so a considerable amount of it is always on a curve yet it pulled away at the lowest speed setting (i.e. '1' on the app) and continued crawling at that speed without any problems for a full circuit. Then I noticed that you said you were running 8 coaches rather than the six that I had. The only bogie vehicles I had left to try were three Arnold container wagons so I added those to give a total of 9 vehicles plus the dummy power car. I think the Arnold wagons are a bit heavier than the coaches, plus the 'train' now covered more than half of the circuit, so it was even more demanding. However, the result was the same with the HST starting at '1' and continuing to crawl around at that speed for a full circuit. I have to say that my three steamers (Blink Bonny, William Whitelaw and Trigo) didn't show the even slightest interest in pulling the six coaches plus the dummy HST car at the same low speed as the HST. Even at speed setting '10' Trigo would stop and wheelspin frequently. However the steamers weigh a bit less than the HST so maybe they'd benefit from a bit of extra weight (and maybe a bit of wheel cleaning, too). Finally, I have to say that if the TV series 'Hornby: A Model World' is even faintly true to reality then I think the idea that Hornby would settle for a 4-coach HST as a 'maximum' because "TT:120 is for smaller spaces" doesn't really hold water. There is no evidence for them thinking that and on the TV series they seemed just as enthusiastic to see a loco pulling a realistic rake of carriages or wagons at speed as the rest of us.
  9. One thing I have noticed with the new trains is how quiet they are internally. With the old trains its impossible to hold a conversation while the train is on the move. On the new trains it was perfectly possible to talk to my wife. I was very impressed with them.
  10. Does anybody know of any depots/sheds banking engines would be stabled at? I know of the ones for the Lickey, Shap and Beattock inclines but more examples would be welcomed.
  11. Which is pretty much what I did, lofty. There's still some finishing off and tidying up to do, the photo was only to give an impression of the work so far and what the finished coach will look like in general. And it's been a bit cool in the railway room this week, so the muse has deserted me a little... Royal Mail, bless 'em, tried to deliver the other BT last Saturday but I was out, so they left one of those cards. Cue a few days of shennanigans with them on the phone; they said they'd try to deliver again on Tuesday before 19.30, and I stayed in all day but there was no delivery. Phoned again Wednesday, repeat performance. Managed to arrange collection by me from local post office online Wednesday evening, which they have confirmed by email, but this will not take place until tomorrow. Cue flurry of activity tomorrow evening!
  12. Did you buy new? If not id question if thats the original power brick
  13. Going round in circles - a severe case of coupling incompatability amongst my stock led to many derailments. Somehwat disheartened I sorted stock into two groups. 1. Stock with more modern narrow couplings or ones I could easily swap. 2. Old Triang type long hook / old Dapol and Lima. Group 1 now converted or still on short hook Bachmann seem to work togethe rok and I've released some locos from the display case, cleaned the sticky grease (12+ years old and little used sonce I went over to N) and reoiled. Group 2 kept as an alternative stud, old Hornby / Dapol / Mainline and Lima from the nephews. Then, not happy with the short platform which though uncompleted had developed an anticline, I decided to make a new one. Started to cut the foamboard, then opted to extend and remake the exisiting one - it has sandpaper glued to the top, when painted grey two things happened, the anticline became a severe syncline and the sand paper bubbled. To cap it all the extra length caused some stock to foul the ramps when entering the loop - BAH! Back to rethinking the new platform - this time a 1mm card top and front wall with a 3x5mm foam board support. Coming on ok at present but still risks going banana shaped when painted. As a stop gap I've cut out part of the extension to the old platform and have to accept the lumpy surface for the time being. As an aside, everything I paint ends up worse than before I start - the loco shed is going that way unfortunately. Loco shed made from bits-box items some OO some N. At least it is partly modular to allow me to paint it without too much contortion. I had made a scenic end piece to represent the approach slope to the bridge, supposedly passing behind the warehouse. Cobbled from bits including some N gauge bridge arches it made the end look too enclosed so it has gone for the time being and I prefer the idea of a closed level crossing, hinting at an original continuation of the branch, now disused - will need a 'gap in the buildings' type backscene. Had some issues with my Rapido 6w SECR brake van derailing but luckily the appropriate thread on here provided the answer, now it runs ok, if at the expense of some of the delicate hidden brake rigging detailing. Lastly the NG battery loco body for the Kato N chassis is under construction - going as well as I could expect at present, but the opportunity to mess it up looms - need to work out sequence of construction and modules so I can paint the inside and glase and detail it.
  14. Hello All, 1 / it is my understanding that each BR Region had a different standard ! 2 / Just wondering if Magpie levers (top half White, bottom half Black )is a thing in the UK. In Victoria, Australia, the Victorian (State) Railways / VR, which used Mckenzie&Holland style mechanical interlocking frames, a Magpie lever was effectively a route proving lever when a colour light dwarf signal replaced an array of mechanical disc signals, this meant that the interlocking was not altered, but the overlapping electrical relays allowed one former disc lever to operate the replacement colour light dwarf signal in association with the required magpie lever. 3 / re the use of Tokenless Block, is the Home Departure and Home Arrival Signals interlocked with the TB Instrument, so that the Signal can only be placed to proceed after line Clear is granted ? 4 / in regards to the Key Token Instrument, is this also interlocked with the respective Home Signals ? If not, is the applicable Home Signal only placed to Proceed after Line Clear has been granted ? ( The issue here is that some lines apparently allow the Arrival Signal/s to be placed to Proceed for the next expected train to arrive without Line Clear either having been requested or granted, presumably on the basis that the required Token is assumed to be the sole required authority to travel. In Australia, the practice is that a Signal cannot be placed to proceed unless the requisite Token has been released, so the Signaller must check that the appropriate Token has been released, and the Driver must be in procession of the applicable Token, and the Driver must also check that the signal is at Proceed, prior to departure. ) Regards, Tumut ( retired Train Controller )
  15. I am now working on my 70D layout so not much to happen here for a while. Kind regards, Richard B
  16. Suits it. And why not? - it suited that other English Electric machine, the Class 37, as well.👍
  17. Not sure what is going on with the top plan, but I'm assuming a narrow-gauge section in the foreground. What does the blue line represent? The middle plan is for a main-line terminus, and needs to be fed from a fiddle yard; it would be very difficult to fit this into your space, and you need to have something self-contained within the 74x28". The bottom plan works well enough, being self-contained (the fiddle area is behind the wall; I'd suggest lift-out cassettes and you might have room to extend it a bit and put in a few extra sidings. As a goods yard it doesn't look right, but as industrial sidings serving different industries works well. What sort of period are you considering?
  18. Not lately - last time I looked at them they were just known as Otter Tail Channel and had about 3 cameras to the north of Minneapolis. Looks like they have expanded a bit since then!
  19. To be fair, I do think you've got a point here - to have 2 locos in stock for 3 months and not gotten through pre-orders for those in that time it does seem very odd. There must be a fair amount of money paid out to the factory for production that will need collecting in on dispatch. If it's taking this long I do wonder if they've taken on more than they can manage as a small team and potentially part time (I don't know if it's a full time job for them or not). Maybe distribution could do with being outsourced. There's no doubting the product quality is outstanding and will be worth waiting for, but it's frustrating when I'm waiting for more than these first two and looking forward to several pre-orders
  20. It's safe to say if you wait you will be rewarded. It is a thing of beauty. I have only found two small errors (and I mean small) which I will not say what they are due to the fact that I know ever inch inside and out of a 25/3. With my aged eyes (lol) it looks right which only a few other models these days match, no drawing or tape measures needed to compare, "It looks right". My only big issue is with them doing 25904 because as a /9 she was never mint. Now will they do a super 25/3 ( no small grill)
  21. Theres two aspects strike me, first off the bogies are mounted in ball and socket joints, with no allowance for any sideways movement. This means any sideways displacement on a curve has to be met by the driving wheels, and any movement there looks to be blocked by the suspension arrangement. Hence the need for flangeless drivers, but the tyres don’t look especially wide. It must have been very tricky to run over any restricted point work. Then there’s the rubber suspension, which looks as if it’s applied to the bogie wheels as well. Getting the weight distribution set up is bad enough on an ordinary engine with leaf springs and adjustable nuts on the spring hangers, quite how it was done on this one would be a challenge, to put it mildly.
  22. The consensus on the 4-6-2 seems to be that it was a project kicked off by the drawing office that Hawksworth had halted when he heard about it, so to call it a Hawksworth pacific is definitely stretching a point. Mattingly pacific perhaps . There isn't very much to go on because it didn't get very far. The basic weight diagram in RCTS part 9 is about all that's available I believe. That drawing shows a dome and apparently pop safety valves on the firebox, and no safety valve cover at all. It was cancelled at an early enough stage that really one is free to imagine what one likes, because who knows what would have changed as the design was worked up.
  23. OK I am planning on moving to ABS like resins Elegoo ABS 2.0 seems recommended. What would be a good start point for exposures? Using the basic Elegoo grey resin, the really brittle stuff. Mars 2 Pro Currently 0.05mm layers 2.5 second per layer 35 seconds base layer I do know I need slightly slower lift speeds. Should I try similar, or longer? Thanks Martin
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  25. Better that soft to soggy or worse “soggy to where’s me boot gone”
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