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Just bought another pack of ultra close couplings for some recent stock additions, and these are the new style with a shoulder. Looks to be quite an improvement, and the tail seems to be changed as well. Here's a picture of old (with broken fishtail) and new coupled up -

Westhill have produced useful guides both for choosing the right couplings and a fitting guide. These are PDF documents that can be downloaded from here - https://westhillwagonworks.com/content/7-hunt-couplings-guide

As already mentioned, they are 3D-printed and can be brittle. I've converted all my stock to using them and have got through 27 packs in all. I've had 7 or 8 failures out of that number, which is not bad really. Another issue is when they are too brittle, and hence don't click into the socket properly so simply come out of the socket as soon as there's a load. A couple have been discarded as a result. But apart from that I'm very pleased with them. I use the "close" length ones for Bachmann MK1s, and the "ultra close" for Hornby Maunsells and Bulleids and most of the freight stock. The Bachmann MK1s do need the stepped version of the coupling to get them to the right height, as the close are not only too high but also catch on the solebar at times causing derailments.

Have you tried giving Hornby a ring? Sometimes they have spares from returned items.

Indeed so. He's the same guy who wants £4k for this one (and other items too) - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334621993835 .

CV 30 is the one that will report errors and should be 0 if all is OK. Are you sure it's the decoder that's the problem and not the coreless motor?

I just used a simple push-to-break switch under the flap. Originally, I had a Lenz LZV100 and that had a feature for this, whereby you could set up an emergency stop button by wiring it across the the E and M terminals. When I replaced the Lenz with a Z21, I simply wired the switch across the bus so now you get a short circuit that stops the whole layout. Crude but effective and cheap. The lowering of the flap breaks the connection and ends the short.

A number of photos of the locos in this album here - https://railphotoprints.uk/p293667875 - all of which show 20001/2 with silver cabs.

In most instances via the switches on the points that control the path over the diamond crossing. I have several crossings on my layout wired like that with Tortoise motors. For example, with a crossover using two points, each point switch controls its own frog plus the diamond frog furthest away as both require the same polarity. Only thing to remember is that, if a train is set to traverse the centre road, the points must not be set for the crossover, but that is normal prototype practice anyway.

So how does this stop the train from derailing on the point?

A Pullman car with a corridor? Doesn't look right to me! Amy chance you could post the URL of the item so we can have a look?

Here's a picture of unit 6050 at Seaford on a Brighton service, so I assume they did get on the Coastway service. https://railphotoprints.uk/p386613279/e57e3bc4e

Is it possibly from the side of the bogie here? Other than that I can't find anything else that matches unless it's part of the accessories. which I haven't yet fitted.

Ah yes - didn't spot the missing Z!

Sold yesterday for just £19.99 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386741324818 !! EDIT: Just realized it's just a booster ....

When I replaced all my Lenz kit with the Z21 a couple of years ago, I put all of it on Ebay and it sold quite easily. Think I got about £50 for the 23151. One sold last month for that amount - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116040348183 Perhaps the OP might be interested?

And if you're thinking of recreating it with Bachmann's 73082, then you can forget all about 107 mph. Mine will barely do 60 mph due to the very low gearing!

I believe it will work. Some time ago, when I had a 23150, I did a clean install of W10 and was surprised that it automatically installed the FTDI driver. This didn't have the Lenz naming but it didn't stop Traincontroller from using it. The 23151 is a much better interface as it uses standard Windows drivers, plus has the direct Ethenet connection. The current Lenz LZV200 command station has a built-in USB interface. I've had both the 23151 (with Lenz LZV100) and the LZV200 and never had interface problems with either, which was not the case with the 23150.

The OP has the Lenz 23150 (LI-USB) that does not have a LAN connector. It's the replacement 23151 device that has both LAN and USB options, plus this device uses a different USB chip that uses the Windows standard drivers. The 23150 has a chip that needs the FTDI drivers.

The first two locos were built at Ashford, whereas 20003 was built at Eastleigh both of which places were "off grid". So all works visits will have required them to be hauled to and from the works. Not found any pictures of these trips though.