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I’m surprised there is not more being said about these wagons. I may have another weathered one come pay day.

My two vans arrived today. It is near impossible to tell them apart from ones purchased earlier. I found the couplings rather too easy to pull out but this was soon sorted very easily with a file.

A definite learning curve. The asymmetric brake is causing me problems but I’m sure I’ve not found the right thing to tweak. Impressed so far. One fundamental problem is my phone locks itself after about fifteen seconds of non activity. I’m sure that is just a case of me finding something to tweak in the phone.

Many thanks. I shall be experimenting.

I’m sure I read somewhere HM7000 could be used on an existing DCC layout alongside ordinary DCC fitted locomotives being driven from their respective controllers. Is it in this thread or elsewhere?

As long as I don’t have the last two I feel a bit better.

I see the last one in Scotland has been upgraded.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65189076 How many are left in England and Wales?

Appears to be closed indefinitely?

The mention of a mute function got me thinking. Factory reset and start again and all is well.

All other sounds work so I’m assuming the speaker is ok.

My sdound fitted 31 no longer makes any engine noise. The horn and all other sounds still play. A zimo sound chip. What have i inadvertently done to it ? Can i get the engine noise back?

Most inspirational. I must dig my one out.

Super service from Railtec Tranfers. I converted an Airfix 31 to a train heating unit thirty five years ago. Ive finally found transfers for it!

You could make this story up.... There is no way in any shape or form that a Protowire telephone concentrator has been on my mind for many years until i saw your post and reply. My immediate thought was yay i've got rid of one of these things..... then i open my emails... to find... someone is offering me another four. How do you want to go about it?

I can sort you out a signalbox telephone concentrator. This will allow lots of phones being able to talk to one place but not act as an exchange.

A more conventional facing point lock I prepared earlier..

Ah yes and the clear plastic cover/red and white parts?

The Royston incident ripped the pan off and shorted the overheads. There were two policewomen in the car park at the time. They were still rather excited when I got there twenty minutes after it happened.

Plus the desperate attempts to move an ex Ramsgate 365 that was greatly offended coasting pan down through my worksite..

Correctly routed but with pan down..

Mentor found itself in a non electrified siding at Royston..

As a little aside to the above my L frame controls motor operated points and semaphores operated by signal machines. To this end I ordered forty fulgarex slow acting point motors. Perfect for simulating both of the above. I rang a model shop and placed the order and the chap the other end asked how big the model railway was I was building. He was somewhat taken aback to find they were going to be operating 12 inch to the foot sized equipment.

Whilst I am quite capable of providing full interlocking for my model railway I have kept it simple. Yes the signals need to points set correctly and the track circuits ahead clear there is rather a lot missing. All my point motors are of the solenoid type and the common wire is cut over the protecting track etc. Every main line signal has asymmetric brake too. The thought of having to provide all the circuitry required rather spoils the fun. I do all that in the day job, the play job and for other interested parties. However.. my nine year old lad has suggested transferring control from Hornby railmaster to the Westinghouse L frame outside. I’ve said when he is old enough to properly assist we will build a model railway that has that in mind from the outset