NIK

I hear Crufts has gone bust - they've sent in the official retriever. I hear Wimbledon tennis is brassic - they've had to raffle Nadal.

Hi Mike, Sorry, I didn't spot it was a non DCC topic but carrying on from what DCB said did you buy any of the units second-hand in which case there is a slight chance they may have DCC decoders fitted but running in DC compatibility mode. You said it was not controller specific but were all the controllers tried of the feedback type?. There is just a chance that feedback controllers may struggle with multiple units. Also I find it very difficult to judge slight changes in speed of a model train - maybe coupling together units is showing variations in electrical pickup. Do the units have Kadee buckeye couplers at the cab ends - that may reduce the effect of surging. Regards Nik (EMU and DEMU mad)

Hi, I've not looked into this in detail but I think I remember talk about the back EMF feedback features of decoders reacting with one another when in a consist. I think the solution that was mentioned was to turn off the back EMF feedback feature on all 'locos' except the leading one. I think that's a bit of a challenge for model Southern Region practise in particular where splitting/combining of units can occur quite frequently in stations and fiddle yards. I don't think there are any DCC decoders that offer say the option to automatically turn off the back EMF feedback to all of the advanced consist bar the front unit. Regards Nick

Or 'leave me alone I'm catatonic'.

But the cat has been turned up to 11.

Hi, Perhaps Bachmann sold a larger number of green 4-CEP than Hornby sold 'original' 4 VEPs?. Or some of those who bought original 4 VEPs are too ashamed to reveal that they had by advertising them for sale?. Regards Nik

A mate bet me that placebos are better than the real thing. I said he was right and gave him a fake twenty pound note.

What, a pun avalanche?.

He was an armed policeman and all his family were armed police. He died surrounded by his family.

Milton Jones's grandfather fell into a vat of grease. He went downhill quickly after that.

I think I'm getting addicted to a particular skiing piste - it's a slippery slope.

Just a few minutes to go before opening. Steve Flint is the judge for Best Layout this year. I'm told there are some tempting prices on a second hand stall. Grindley Brook looks like a treat for afficionados of scenic modelling. Regards Nik

Lots of people say something else when they approach Reading.

News just in: After a couple get married on a moving train, the bride said 'I feel so lucky - a moving train!'.

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