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  1. An update. It was the PCB that had gone faulty. I changed it for a Bachmann spare and everything now works as it should. So happy days.
  2. Unfortunately it looks like my DCC sound 15xx is going back. The 1st one i had (1501) had a hideous stalling problem and couldn’t even manage to change direction on a straight piece of track without stalling, But the retailer (Trains4u, who have been fantastic) had no 1501’s left, so we swapped out another chassis off a plain black 1504, As i wanted to Keep the lined black livery with the intention of adding cylinder lining myself. However This has ran ok for the hour or so in each direction running in and now its dead. No sound, light or movement. It will occasionally jerk into life, do a quarter wheel turn, but then stops dead again. a real shame. Considering how well my Thunderbolt (although original model went back due to stalling!) J70 tram and jacks green run, i’m genuinely surprised as to how poor the 15xx runs. i think i’ll wait now for a second batch and hopefully the gremlins will have been sorted then.
  3. Yes Bachmann chips as supplied in the unit. I have a feeling its the pcb. The coaches all work properly when connected to one power car, but the other 60090 seems faulty. I have had the decoders tested and its fine. I have ordered a pcb so will swap it over and see what happens. They are £18 from Bachmann so i’m not spending a fortune.
  4. Hi, reviving the thread from the archives but i have just bought a Midland Pullman that seems to have a strange problem. Its the nankin blue dcc fitted version. the unit is mint and has seen little to no use at all. the power car A, 60090. Interior lights work. As do cab & head and tail lights. The table lamps however are a different matter. When F1 is selected nothing happens, when F1 is off they come on, but very very dim. There seems to be not enough power to them as the table lights in Cars B and C do not work, even though the interior ones do. i have done a CV 8 to 8 programme but no effect. Other than the table lamp problem it runs and works as it should. The other half of the unit works exactly as it should. any advice? Or do i need a new pcb, which i can obtain from Bachmann. thanks dan
  5. The whole thing just seemed so.. underwhelming. It lacked the ‘pizzazz’ of past announcements. There didn’t seem any enthusiasm from the guy presenting and just read the descriptions word for word was off putting. Maybe i’m just used to SK’s delivery but still. and is it me or has every year for the past few years been ‘catch up year’? Another thing, with the mid year announcements will stop me buying the catalogues now, same with Bachmann. Whats the point in spending a tenner on a catalogue in January of by April its out of date.
  6. Sorry but £550 for a four car unit. £650 for DCC sound. They are pricing all but the most affluent people out of the hobby now with that. However, The price for the Booster is very reasonable for a new tooling.
  7. Hi all. i have refurbished a Wrenn 08 Shunter. I have re magnetised the magnet using a Ronald Dodd machine, leaned it thoroughly and got it running. however when i tested it, it seemed to run and then gradually slow down, so i pit it on my rolling road, and it ran fine for about 4 minutes then gradually stopped. After a minute or two it starts again. After prolonged running ( say 6-7 minutes) the metal chassis is warm (not hot) to touch. has any else had this? And can anyone point me in the direction of a cure? I’d like to DCC fit this shunter as it has alot of sentimental value. But it needs to be performing better that it is before i do. thanks Dan
  8. Hi all when did regional railways branding & livery start appearing on 150/2 units? Replacing the ‘Sprinter’ logo? i have a Reggie Rail Bachmann 150 & i’m contemplating masking the blue & stripes and painting the bodysides grey and adding Sprinter logos. This will save a full repaint. thanks Dan
  9. Morning. i have tried sending an order through to Shawplan via email (brian@shawplan.com) , but it keeps getting bounced back, Mailer Demon stating 'message unable to be delivered'. does anyone have any advice, or an alternate way of contacting Shawplan? any help would be great, thanks Dan
  10.  Did my question about contacting Shawplan break a rule? as my post has been removed. ?

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      There have been multiple previous topics where a post could be made.

  11. Evening Dave this is 55017, identifiable by the filled in front step that only this deltic carried. all the best Dan
  12. from what I've read so far, a local chap who was present during filming, took extensive photos behind the scenes of filming and the cast, and they were left to the author upon his passing, so the majority of the pictures are unseen & unpublished. there are some fantastic pictures featured. Thunderbolt on its gauge clearing runs, filming the museum extraction scene & so on. the 1 and only criticism i have, the beautiful illustrations of the film trains go over the fold in the page, which ruins them slightly. This is Unavoidable unless they were published smaller which would then loose some of the detail.
  13. what an excellent book this is. really is top notch. i have had mine a couple of days and already half way through. the content and pictures are brilliant. thanks for you effort producing this. it is a fitting tribute to an excellent film.
  14. How do i disable CV29? What do i imput to disable it?
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