[First time with NCE PowerCab - loco sound not staying on?]

11 minutes ago, Danemouth said:

Look on page 57 of the manual Loco Refresh needs to be set to 0 otherwise when the loco is selected all functions are set off

 

Page 58 shows how to set the recall stack to 6

 

Also using the momentum button on sound chipped locos can cause problems - there is more info on here somewhere.

 

Finally the option key needs to be remapped to address function numbers above 9 - see page 19 - the value needs to be reset to 122

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

 

Momentum Button - Have a look here

 

I knew I had written about it in the past 😁

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

 

[First time with NCE PowerCab - loco sound not staying on?]

Look on page 57 of the manual Loco Refresh needs to be set to 0 otherwise when the loco is selected all functions are set off

 

Page 58 shows how to set the recall stack to 6

 

Also using the momentum button on sound chipped locos can cause problems - there is more info on here somewhere.

 

Finally the option key needs to be remapped to address function numbers above 9 - see page 19 - the value needs to be reset to 122

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

[Core Valley Lines Electrification]

As part of this scheme my local line from Heath Halt (Low Level) to Coryton is also being electrified. Here are some images taken today

 

From the bridge over Caerphilly Road looking towards TyGlas station

 

 

Other side of the bridge with Birchgrove station

 

Now the bridge on Pantbach Road looking towards Birchgrove

 

 

 

and towards Rhiwbina Station

 

@Happy Hippo will know this area well, it was his boyhood stamping ground - there are no blue plaques commemorating that fact 😄

 

and signs have appeared on the bridges

 

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

 

 

 

[Little Muddle]

3 hours ago, John Besley said:

 

I think that is a plague any more is a pandemic ... the other regions are working on a vaccine - we on the Southern have the Q1 vaccine available shortly, I understand the LMS have the Jinty version already out and working

May I humbly disagree with you - in my opinion there can be no such thing as a plague or pandemic of Panniers, a multitude maybe a plague no!

 

As for the vaccine could the products of inferior railway companies beat the products of the omnipotent GWR? 😃😁😄😬😀

 

Joking side it's funny how my taste has changed - as a lad it was Kings and Castles for me, however since building Danemouth my favourite loco is the everyday Pannier - Danemouth has five!

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

[The Night Mail]

1 hour ago, SM42 said:

As predicted traffic  chaos around the church. 

 

The service before the one we took part in

 

Note the large plastic drum of holy water in the foreground

 

 

Wesolych Swiat 

 

Andy

 

A Catholic Church where I am sacristan in the capital of the Principality is shared with the Polish community did exactly the same thing this morning

 

Dave

[Henley-on-Thames - GWR in the 1930's]

Some lovely rolling stock there Neal,

 

Well done 😀

 

Dave

[Whacky Signs.]

I'm so old I remember when this thread was about Whacky Signs😃

 

Dave

[Early Risers.]

and remember there are two kinds of people in this world - those who are Welsh and those who wish they were Welsh 😀😃😄😁

 

Happy St David's Day

 

Dave

[Core Valley Lines Electrification]

Some info here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68381940

 

Dave

[The Forum Jokes Thread]

9 minutes ago, NIK said:

One of three tunnels under the Clyde in Glasgow built by the Harbour Tunnel Company

One was for pedestrians and two for horse drawn vehicles.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67980670

[NCE CAB06/06p - Where to find?]

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

[Is white spirit the same as clear methylated spirit?]

My late father was a Prison Officer in 1960/70/80s. Some old lags would be sent to prison for drink related offences. For many their favourite tipple was Meths mixed 50/50 with VP wine 😬 Let's say their clothes usually had to be burned due to the state of their trousers!

 

Dave

 

 

[The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,]

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

[Early Risers.]

Compared with you @grandadbob my first car was much simpler. I did not pass my test until 1977 at the age of 29. My Aunt had bought a Mark 1 Escort brand new 6 years previously and driven just over 5,000 miles before a stroke did huge damage to her. That was my first car -  I kept it for two years before buying a brand new Allegro - what a mistake !!!

 

Kept it less than 12 months before buying a brand new Cortina Mk V - talk about chalk and cheese 😁

 

Dave

[Early Risers.]

With all this talk of hearing aids...

 

I used an NHS hearing aid for some years. Last year I needed my ears syringing, the NHS waiting list for this was 4 months so I ended up going to a local shop. 

 

Before going I decided to look at private hearing aids as I found the NHS one where the tube needed replacing every six months uncomfortable since the wax could not escape.

 

I ended up with a pair of the latest aids which are very comfortable and have bluetooth. Yes, they were very expensive but as my late mother used to say there are no pockets in shrouds.

 

The one feature they have I did not know about was that they could be paired with my mobile phone. Now when somebody rings me a touch a button on the aid which answers the call and the mics in the aids transmit my voice to the phone. The phone remains in my pocket. I can make calls but need to dial from the phone at which point the ringtones appear in my aids and Bob's your mother's brother.

 

Dave

 

[Police call boxes]

14 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

Here is a City of London Police Post (as opposed to a full box) doing its stuff.

 

This, and a tardis-like box, are in our local museum, and since my children absolutely loved the big ‘telephone gallery’ there when they were younger, and would spend hours playing police telephone operators, I should have remembered this sooner, but didn’t until just now.

 

I remember a box identical to this in Cardiff - junction of Greenway Road and Rhyl Road Rumney in 1950/60s

 

Dave

[The Night Mail]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

Danemouth has given me a heart.

 

No doubt Rhiwbina is bathed in brilliant sunshine, and he is out on his sun lounger, supping a pint of Brains Dark.

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

 

 

[Early Risers.]

17 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

It was certainly allowed when I registered the death of Beth's aunt in Sunderland a few years ago.  The cause of death was "Frailty of old age".

IIRC the death certificate of The Queen listed her cause of death as "Old Age" which raised comments in the Dail Fail (what doesn't?)

 

Dave

[Early Risers.]

2 hours ago, polybear said:

 

There would be the risk (unless the water in the pipe on the outside can be fully drained once the water has been turned off) of the residual water freezing and the pipe splitting.

 

I follow the advice a plumber gave me years ago. After I close the indoor stoptap I open the garden tap so as to drain as much water as possible and then leave it half open all winter.

 

Cheers

Dave

[Early Risers.]

5 hours ago, DaveF said:

 Once the present little health problem is sorted I think I wil start to think seriously about a new bathroom - and if I decide to have one I shall move out while it is done - my house only has one loo!

 

We had a complete bathroom refurbishment this summer. Like you we only have one loo - the local company doing the job understood this and made sure the longest we were without a loo was about three hours. IIRC the existing loo was removed and put back in place four times over the two weeks. The new loo was only fitted after the tiling and flooring were completed.

 

Dave

 

 

[NCE PowerCab - power across the rails, but no movement/programming? SOLVED]

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

[NCE PowerCab - power across the rails, but no movement/programming? SOLVED]

2If I remember correctly the address of the main Powercab must be 2

 

Dave

[The Night Mail]

1 minute ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

No, that's at Didcot.

 

Dave

 

I can see I shall have to instruct my Seconds to call at Hunt Towers 😁

 

They will arrive on a Pannier!

 

Dave

[N gauge Gwr branch line terminus]

4 hours ago, Flying Pig said:

Following on from Keith's suggestions, here's an idea. It has only two sidings which gives it a less cluttered look, but may not be enough for your needs.

 

Edit: it also avoids using a slip, which can be tricky in N.

 

 

 

 

This plan is v ery similar to my layout Danemouth

 

 

 

Dave

[Early Risers.]

With @New Haven Neil and others mentioning collecting up the Autumn leaves reminds me of walking the dog each morning. Our road has several trees and at this time of year they shed crabapples all over the pavement that I end up contacting the Council as they are a real safety hazard. In all honesty the Council do respond very quickly and sweep them up.

 

However this year there have been very few crabapples and even these are very small - I wonder why?

 

Dave