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I think it should be possible to motorise it without the trailer. DCC wiring could be hid behind the gangers with the circuitry hidden in the roof.

Ganger's what? Coat? Tools? Copy of The Sun or Racing Post?

All we now need are 4mm scale St Trinian's teachers, one of whom holding a megaphone.

The problem is that KMRC are taking all the flak on this issue - MR simply aren't responding. It wouldn't surprise me if this is making KMRC's staff feeling pretty grumpy about it. I've not had any problems in the past with them. RWJ

Most interesting. So much for everyone telling me that the only way to get sound is to use DCC.

In which case I'll gladly take my words back. Well done :-)

In which case I'm astonished. I'm most intrigued by this.

Nothing. If you've bought a DCC sound-fitted loco to run on DC, you've just chucked £100+ in the bin. It won't run on DC. Nada. Nothing. I had to remove the DCC chip from mine to ge it to run on DC on my rolling road. Sound? You'll get motor and gear whine, but that's it.

Before it gets to the overheating stage, it will have tripped out/burnt out any controller, so I don't see that it will happen.

At 16v????

Pah, for added realism, you should've dragged it with two class 25 locos. See the rat vs whistler "wars" in the early 80s and things like "Rat Poison" and "Anti Forty Times" magazines. RWJ

Apropos to all this, I removed the dcc chip and replaced it with the blanking plug, and stuck it on the rolling road. It runs sweet as anything, so that's a major relief. At some point I'll put the dcc chip back in and take it for a spin on a friend's layout. RWJ

Bachmann have stated that people are welcome to send the 40s back to their service department. The problem is that they're no better after being returned.

How much do you want to bet it'll be ViTrains?

Does anybody know if REX intend to get somebody else to manufacture 33s to their detailed spec?