Art Dent

Sorry - brain fart. My post should have said "How would a driver know what spped he was doing in a speed-restricted section??", not "How would a fireman ...." Also should have said 'speed' not 'spped' (I blame fat fingers/small keys)!

@ramrig Sure looks like one! I didn't know that 9Fs weren't fitted with speedos. How would a fireman know what spped he was doing in a speed-restricted section?? Thanks for the replies folks. Art

Just a quickie. I don't seem to recall seeing a speedometer on the 9F 2-10-0s. I guess that they had one - but I can't seem to see one on any model, nor in photographs. Was it internal running off an axle via gearing?? Art

No problem. If you're thinking of the Slaters wheels, the correct set is Slaters 7838G and I got mine from Holiday Hobbies (link here) but they are currently out of stock. You will need to open up the holes in the bogie frames as the Heljan axles are of a smaller diameter. Art

Well, having run well for 25-30 mins including hauling 5x Teak coaches, it lost a bogie wheel at a curved point. I could have araldited the wheel back on but it seemed better to get some "proper" wheels. The axle diameter on the Slaters wheels is larger than the Heljan axle - so the bogie needs drilling out to accommodate the replacement axle. A tad tricky, even with a pillar drill! Art

@Bucoops, At least the gears are metal and not nylon! Another "annoyance" I've encountered. The front guard irons - that should (on the model at any rate) be fixed to the drain cocks/cylinder pipes and the lower front valence - were loose, being attached only to the cylinder pipes. On fitting the new wheels to the pony truck (correct terminology?) then putting the loco away, I noticed that there was a guard iron and an attached piece of cylinder piping on the table! Why are these parts so fragile that merely by looking at them, let alone handling them, parts fall off? Looking to figure out some way to fabricate the guard irons out of brass and find some way of fixing them (to the bogie?). However, some research indicates that between Dec 1952 June 1954 the large guard irons were removed and consequently the cylinder drain pipes cut back to a point level with the centre of the leading bogie wheels. So, my loco would appear to have aligned itself with the prototype! Att

Looks great! Such a shame that you've had to do all of this "engineering" to fix a problem that should never have occurred. Still, it is probably a more "robust" solution - given that Heljan seem to use spit & hope to fix some parts. Would love to know your opinion of the EC Buckeye couplings. I've yet to fit the new Slater's wheels to the front bogie - I caught Covid on 26th for the first time and I'm just about 80-85% at the moment (on Day 15). Just grateful I've had all the jabs & boosters - dread to think what it would have been like without them! Art

Trust God's Wonderful Railway to do their own thing! Art

Hi folks I've sent a message to Dapol requesting the sound function list for this loco (I have mislaid the original). In the meantime (or assuming that Dapol don't reply), does anyone have a list they could post here? Thanks in advance. Yours hopefully, Art

Thank you @Bucoops I orderd two sets of wheels on Friday, but thank you for thinking of me! Also ordered a thin strip of brass to fix behind the tender doors - so that (a) they may be re-positioned more easily and (b) aren't held on by the two tiny 'nubs', spit and a prayer! Just need to figure out exactly what shade of green to paint the brass - I may just go for matt black. Merry Christmas Art

Hi Albie, Looks like I've found the correct list thanks to you ... Zimo 08 ActiveDrive Soundfile (Paul Chetter) Kind regards and Merry Christmas Art

Thanks Albie, I'll check that out. Art

Hi Nick, that's very kind of you. No need to send me one however, I'll use the picture you kindly posted. I'll also have a furtle about in the storage boxes to see if I can find the command station & programming track in the meantime! Update: (several hours later - success - I found the command station & programming track. Just need the time to check things out now) Art

Thank you @dpgibbons I have this pdf already but scanned through it last night and couldn't see a list anywhere of which function was assigned to which sound - hardly surprising because this is a generic manual covering lots of Zimo decoders - both sound and non-sound. I will pop an email to Dapol to see if they have an assignment list - after all, the loco was sound-fitted by them. All the best for Christmas, Art

Thanks Nick. It is a sheet like that that I have mislaid. Currently unable to pop the loco on a test track to try out the function buttons due to house rennovation and evrything being packed away. At least the locos were i a readily-accessible box! All the best for Christmas. Art