009 Phil

Seeing Dock Street feature in the 'coming next month' section at the back of March's Railway Modeller has prompted me to post in this thread. I am the proud new (well - it's been a while now!) owner of Dock Street Sidings. I'm in the middle of setting up my indoor workshop/modelling room, and Dock Street was installed in the room over the weekend - so I can finally crack on and start using it! I've got some stock to weather, some more to acquire on my shopping list, and some locos to fettle. Hopefully you'll hear more from me soon. Best wishes from a chilly West Somerset, Phil

Hi Paul, Thanks for your reply and help. I'll try again and see what happens. Best regards, Phil

I've just installed a zimo and stay alive into my Hornby ruston. The stay alive keeps the sound and motor running for about 10 seconds when removed from a DCC powered track. When doing the same on some DC powered track, the motor slows to a stop almost immediately, with the sound also dropping to tickover. Is there a CV or two that I need to tweak to get identical performance on DC and DCC, as shown in the video at the start of this thread? Thanks, Phil

What about using a Brian Madge 48DL kit as a starting point? It's for a later model of ruston, but I think it's pretty close to what you need. Best wishes, Phil I should have included a link: http://www.madge00n3.co.uk/ruston48DL.htm