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Basingstoke was part of the London Overspill plan along with places such as Ashford anbd Swindon, which meant they were rapidly developed in the late 1960s. In the post-war years Basingstoke was a small provincial town with a population of around 25,000 whereas today it's close to 125,000 and with electric services to London very much a commuter town. No doubt off-peak and Sunday services were easily served by 3-coach trains.
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4EPB unpowered and power bogies
RFS replied to IncorrectlySpelt's topic in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips
Many Bachmann 2EPB parts can be obtained direct from Bachmann themselves. -
4EPB unpowered and power bogies
RFS replied to IncorrectlySpelt's topic in Modelling Questions, Help and Tips
Don't know why Lendon's describe it as "2 Bill" instead of 2-BIL, but the bogie part number is X6575 . Also don't know how they sell it for £9.80 when everyone else is saying around £30. Just a bit miffed as I bought one from Peter's Spares for £28 (a good price I thought) and only later discovered the Lendon's price..... -
Some DCC decoder brands, such as Lenz and Zimo, do have short circuit and overload protection.
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On my unit I have a Lenz 21-pin chip and it's F5 that turns the interior lights on and off.
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Locos keep stopping at the same point in space
RFS replied to DK123GWR's topic in Electrics (non-DCC)
Do you have a multimeter? In which case I would suggest taking the engine off the track and then measuring the voltage along the route to see if it's consistent. -
Lenz LH101, LZV200, SET101 and trade-in offer.
RFS replied to Ron Ron Ron's topic in DCC Discussion Topics (not questions)
Yes you can use the LV101 with the LZV200. I did it for a while with mine. -
I got a quick reply from Bachmann but not of much help. Just suggested I return the units for repair at £26 + parts (per unit) + cost of sending. As I mentioned earlier, coupling the coaches with a short piece of copper-clad strip, whereby the two connections are electrically joined, solves the problem. What I've done temporarily is wedge a thin piece of phosphor-bronze strip in the coupling pocket of the trailer coach and then connected up with the usual conductive coupling. Bit of a lash-up but it works for now. I don't really understand the wiring of the 2-EPB. With the 4-CEP
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I've contacted Bachmann with the issue and will report back what they say.
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Suggest you do take the time to get to grips with this as it's a really vital part of using DCC to its full potential. I have no knowledge of the Prodigy (I have Lenz), but I do know these Bachmann rebranded decoders have this issue if CVs 54 and 55 are not set correctly.
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The replacement arrived today and all is well with the new one. Now I have another problem - couple of 2-EPBs where the lights in the trailer coach only come on in one direction. Had forgotten about the first unit as it runs on a schedule where it doesn't reverse, but the second one is a new issue. I've tried changing the conductive couplings to no avail. However the trailer from a 3rd 2-EPB works fine in both motor coaches, so it's not a problem with the coupling or the motor coach. And if I replace the coupling with a piece of copper clad sleeper strip so that both co
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Suggest you have a look at surface-mounting a Peco PL-10 and hiding with Hornby's R8015 point motor housing.
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On these 3-ways the frogs are completely isolated and must therefore be powered by external switches. The two frogs nearest the tie-bars can be switched together with one switch, whilst you need a second switch for the other frog.