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  1. Some lovely rolling stock there Neal, Well done 😀 Dave
  2. Some info here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68381940 Dave
  3. I use two Powercabs with one configured as a slave. It automatically picks up the macros from the main Powercab. One thing - if you get a short e.g. running through a point set the wrong way you will need to unplug the slave to allow the master to complete its reboot. Dave
  4. On Danemouth the programming track is one of the sidings, I also have a couple of terminals for use for a rolling road or a piece of track. Have a look here In normal operation all three switches shown are on with two turned off for loco programming before selecting the appropriate option on the Powercab. Dave
  5. I remember a box identical to this in Cardiff - junction of Greenway Road and Rhyl Road Rumney in 1950/60s Dave
  6. Castel Danemouth situated in Rhiwbina has had a little drizzle this morning but there is no sign of the large yellow orb 😟 I will have a certain large Pachyderm (a former resident of Rhiwbina) that I do not drink Brains Dark - it has to be Brains Light (Bitter) Actually I only ever drink beer when I go to a pub, at home it is either dry white wine or Penderyn except after Sunday Luch when the odd Port or three may be forced down. Dave
  7. All the above is excellent advice - one other thing to try is to disconnect the the Powercab, remove the back and check the chip is seated properly. One other thing, if you start using locos with the sound chip do not use the Momentum button as it resets some CVs within the chip - see here and here. To prevent this when I had my Powercab open I stuck a small piece of insulating tape across the tracks for that button to prevent accidents. Dave
  8. 2If I remember correctly the address of the main Powercab must be 2 Dave
  9. I can see I shall have to instruct my Seconds to call at Hunt Towers 😁 They will arrive on a Pannier! Dave
  10. This plan is v ery similar to my layout Danemouth Dave
  11. It's a GWR Siphon. Have a look here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_Siphon Incidentally Accurascale have recently introduced a superb 00 model of it in various liveries seen here on Danemouth Dave
  12. Talking of ties I worked on an office for all 48 years of my working life and wore a suit and tie every day. I liked to look smart and as a manager for much of that time it was expected of me. When I retired 11 years ago I thought no more ties - looked in my wardrobe at the over 30 ties - that got thinned down to half a dozen and other than the funerals black tie I can count on one hand the number of times I have worn a tie since retirement 😀 Dave
  13. You didn't mention my favourite - Popeye 😁 Dave
  14. In my case Number 46 from Rumney to West Grove - Fitzalan Technical High School was in Howard Gardens. The year I entered form 5 it moved to Leckwith. Dave
  15. My parents first car, a 1959 Standard10 saloon had the heater as an optional extra. When they purchased it in 1963 it had no heater but after the first winter one was fitted - luckily my mother ran the accounts office of the main dealer so had staff discount! Dave
  16. Like the orange liveried Cardiff double decker 😁 Trouble is I remember the earlier liveries that I travelled to school on! Dave
  17. Like many on RMWeb I've bought rolling stock that is now surplus to requirements, as it happens I have nine coaches in this category. At one time I was going to run Danemouth as two separate periods, early crest and late crest. I also envisaged trains longer than the two coaches & NPCS that I now run. So today I thought I would give a couple of Carmine and Cream coaches a run. Lets assume that it's a busy bank holiday and all sorts of coaches have been dragged out from the back of carriage sidings 😁 Here they are behind pannier 9479 Run round & depart Here's the other side of them Incidentally Danemouth has not one but two busses on the bridge and here's a Hymek with a couple of coaches detached from an express at the junction Cheers, Dave
  18. Well my layout Danemouth is a fictional seaside town in the Agatha Christie novel Body in the Library with a rather nice TV adaption starring Joan Hickson. I was looking for a suitable south coast name for a layout when I saw the programme - as they say the rest is history. It was only years afterwards that I discovered that Agatha Christie had based it on Bournemouth which was not a GWR station 😁 Dave
  19. Little Johnny and Fred saw 11 of Danemouth's 21 locos on their holiday. This is because Danemouth operates under: Rule 1 (Modified) This rule states that any rolling stiock that appeared on BR(W) between 1956 and 1964 can appear at Danemouth whether or not appropriate. Incidentally the Dukedog hadn't been run for some time and was a little reluctant - it has since spent an hour on the rolling road 😁 Dave
  20. Well Little Johnny and Fred holiday is now over and it's time to go home, by train naturally. They have persuaded their parents to come to the station a little early to see the goods train that runs immediately before their train. They have a surprise, Dukedog 9022 with a couple of PMVs which it will exchange for the Siphon in the loading bay. 9022 runs over the run around crossover and picks up the Siphon and returns to its train Having drawn out from the station it pushes the PMVs into the loading siding Meanwhile their train arrives pulled by Class 22 6326 - two corridor coaches that will be added to the London express at the junction. The Dukedog departs and 6326 runs around its train Their holiday is over as the train departs However they may well return to Danemouth, their parents liked the place and Dad who works for a bank is thinking of asking for a transfer to the Danemouth branch. Dave
  21. My family history goes back further. My paternal grandmother was born in 1887 but her father was born in 1825 which makes him 62 when she was born. She was from his second marriage and he went on to a third marriage after that dying on Christmas Eve 1915, Dave
  22. Well Little Johnny, his brother Fred together with their Dad have returned to Danemouth Station to watch trains - it's more interesting than building sandcastles and paddling 😁 First to arrive is Collet 2259 with non corridor carriages It runs around the train and couples up having visited the turntable Oh look Dad here's a Class 121 DMU arriving and 2259 departs Mogul 7310 arrives with a coach and Siphon, the latter will be exchanged with a GUV in the loading siding The 121 departs whilst 7310 goes off to the turntable 7310 picks up the GUV and returns to the train to pick up the Siphon Just as 6412 arrives with an autocoach and 7310 departs D823 Hermes arrives with a couple of coaches detached from an express Runs around its train whilst 6412 departs Rapidly followed by D823 It's almost time for the boys to have their tea but look W23W is arriving and then departing and peace returns to Danemouth Cheers, Dave
  23. Little Johnny and his brother Fred are having a fortnights holiday in Danemouth with their parents and have persuaded their Dad to taking them trainspotting one afternoon - Mummy is glad of the break 😁 The first train arriving is 6412 with an autocoach Then the pickup goods with 1504 arrives with a few vans The Toad is detached from the rear and placed in the runaround loop The three vans currently in the Goods shed are pulled back into the headshunt and then pushed to the brake van Meanwhile the Autocoach leaves 1504 gets the incoming vans and shunts them into the goods shed Just then Little Johnny get excited as a Class 117 DMU arrives and 1504 departs with the pickup goods Further excitement - 3711 arrives with a couple of non corridor coaches runs around it's train The 117 departs Followed by 3711 and its train With the station quiet once more Dad takes the boys home to tea but promises them a mornong train spotting later in the week Dave
  24. And now something to brighten @Happy Hippos day Danemouth now has another Pannier, a 15xx bringing the toal number to six After all you can't have too many of them. Cheers, Dave
  25. Bought the Late Crest version with sound - superb slow running. Here it is shunting the Toad More images here Dave
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