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Commendable to create a new event but this exhibition clashes with Great Electric Train show at Milton Keynes for 2024 and there is already a model event at Statfold earlier in the year. 

1 hour ago, Blandford1969 said:

The 2857 group have followed the 4566 group in moving to a trust so that the challenges the pig faces can be avoided. I'm not sure the pigs future is uncertain. It will just be much delayed whilst things are sorted out. I hope certain things now in play might help to resolve those issues. Both those groups were raising money at Kidder towards working towards having more money to put forward for overhalls. 

 

The company now only owns Gordon - there are certain covenants in place which prevents its sale and Hagley Hall. The Babby aka Hinton Manor is owned by the Charitable Trust. All the other locos are owned by individual groups or individuals. 

 

The challenges are the ever increasing costs of restoration of locos. 

 

That being said the railway overall is in a better financial position than it was this time last year. Less paid staff and heads of heads of heads means we are making more headway. Its not out of the woods yet, but moving in the right direction. 

 

On the plus side 4150 should be finished this year with 82045 not far behind along with TV from its intermediate overhaul and 7802 with its new cylinder. 

I really hope that the Pig's issues can be resolved, it's a well suited locomotive to the line plus it's my daughter's favourite ever since it took her to see Santa in 2015. We have made a promise to ourselves yesterday to get a ride behind the Pig again in the future as we couldn't get to the line on Sunday as I came down with COVID on Saturday evening.

8 hours ago, geoff said:

This seems to be quite common for well used DT400 series throttles. If you search the Digitrax "io" group postings I am sure you will find chapter and verse on it. My own older one exhibits the same issues and I find that if I am more deliberate about pressing the buttons it will perform better. By deliberate I mean firm but not violent pressure making sure to hold it just a fraction longer than a stab would be, often helps. Having said all that I don't think there is much you can do. There has been discussion about dismantling the throttle and cleaning the interface between the buttons and the circuit board but from experience, getting into one of these throttles is not as easy as described.

 

Geoff

Geoff, many thanks for the suggestion I didn't know about that group and it's good to know I am not the only person with the issue. I will give the longer presses a go. I am definitely not brave enough to give dismantling the throttle a go! 

5 hours ago, Steven B said:

How is it powered? I've usually seen similar behaviour when it doesn't have enough power.

 

Steven B 

My DT402 is plugged into a digitrax DB150 unit. DB150 is powered from a DCC Supplies Transformer 

I have a digitrax dt402 throttle. I have noticed that it doesn't respond constantly to button presses. Most obvious is changing direction or dialing in a locomotive address. For example if I press 6023 address as I type the numbers they should appear in the screen, however 6 and 0 will then 2 won't but after pressing 3 the full number appears. On direction press to change but it isn't carried out and it can 2 or 3 presses before it acknowledged. Has anyone got any suggestions as to what could be the problem. Many thanks 

Interesting to see Hornby advertising train sets for Christmas on the Chiltern service I travelled on this morning. Not something I have seen before 

A retooled Pannier and an 8f would do well. Bahamas as preserved seems like an open goal, but they could make it a club model.

An NG16 got short shrift from the Bachmann rep at the Gaydon show on Saturday, when I was earwigging a conversation. 

Hornby Magazine have produced a short video to provide some information on the show. Especially note the parking arrangements are off site (except blue badge holders)!on the Saturday due to a football game at the stadium 

https://youtu.be/-YERqlZRYNw?si=ET96XTW4ZV7Q6-y5

Here is the reply I got from DCC concepts which at the time I did think was odd given what I had read up on the product 

An exciting project which I am sure will do well. I wonder if it will come with a boxing glove to put on the regulator quadrant to avoid our 4mm crew from hitting themselves on it as per 2253?!?

On 12/06/2023 at 02:10, john dew said:

Even I have heard of Adam  Faith - and then there was Cliff Richard who I once saw live at the Kilburn Empire (?) - they were handing out free tickets

http://kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-kilburn-state-cinema.html?m=1 this page has a poster for Cliff's appearance at the Empire. 

Apologies for thread drift. 

Looking very good. I am looking forward to my 1980 version arriving. 

7 hours ago, 5050 said:

Doesn't open for me I'm afraid.  Hoping to be there on Sunday with 3 others

It wouldn't directly open for me either, however if you email the download to yourself it may well then open. 

48 minutes ago, Watto1990 said:

Let the froth fest commence! https://youtu.be/KRR6vcf_tWw

Saint or County. A more left field choice would be an S160. 

3 hours ago, NXEA! said:

Would like to know as well! Hopefully GER, or generic enough to pass for one. 

It reminds me of an LNER crane such as the one shown in the photo at Pickering. Click on the photo to be taken to the site 

Interesting episode. The starter locomotive is interesting as I hadn't seen it in the 2023 range launch so I presume it is coming in 2024. The Jules Holland segment was especially fun as he gave a tour of his layout. My daughter watching with me enjoyed the comments about making room for a model railway! However the best bit was she now wants to help with building some scenery on our layout this weekend - so the program does inspire the next generation 

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

Thanks. Would you be able to post a PDF of the full celebration booklet please?

No problem. Pdf added. It is also on the page the service link will take you to. 

Adrian Shooter CBE OOS.pdf

The celebration of Adrian's life was held on Saturday 7th January at Fawley Hill Railway. 

If you would like to donate in his memory to the Motor Neurone Disease Association this can be done here https://adrianshooter.muchloved.com/

If you want to watch the service this is available at 

https://www.funeralstream.tv/shooter

9 hours ago, blueeighties said:

The days of Bachmann bargains have gone. My last haul were x25 class 40s @ £50 each after the 'wrong type of oil' debarcle. 

You will be lucky to get 20% off anything now.

At 2019 Warley I got a returned Bachmann scenecraft Kernow Truro signal box for £16 yes it had broken steps but they were easily and cheaply replaced with plastruct equivalent. An absolute bargain. 

An enjoyable exhibition with a good variety of layouts and traders. Here is to 2023!

On 10/10/2022 at 12:22, ModRXsouth said:

Having attended on Sunday, I open with a request to the GETS organising team at Key Publishing: can you kindly make the show’s guide available online please?

The Hornby front desk staff said that the printed guides were all taken on Saturday but they have the jpg’s available, so I hope that someone at Key can press the relevant buttons this week to post it on their website making it available to all. Please do not put it behind a pay wall! I for one enjoy reading the layout write ups (plus track plans if possible!) in exhibition guides, plus they help to identify layout photos and provide contact details for traders, particularly the smaller ones.

 

Due to uncertainty about the early morning’s post-strike rail services, I decided to drive. After two hours on the A3, M25, M1 and A5 following the satnav to MK1 1ST, I arrived at 10.30 to find the Key website’s nominated car parks S1-3 all full so was directed to the large one beyond McDonalds. It was an absorbing show - yes it was crowded, the two balcony levels got hot and more seating is needed on all three floors, but a range of fine layouts kept my attention through to the 4pm closure. I also collected a stock pre-order and benefitted from Key’s 20% discount on their publications. So now just hope the guide appears…..

 

https://content.keypublishing.com/central/issues/documents/5850_622493/index.html is a link to the show guide 

Last night's program was very enjoyable. Enthusiastic presenters who connected with the modellers and engineers on the show. Great fun. 

This popped up on Facebook https://fb.watch/dKxWSWN846/

I wonder if the sound clip is overlaid on the video or it will be on the DCC sound version

The livery on the real thing doesn't appear to be a consistent colour as it changes with the light from my experience yesterday at the SVR, so I think it's going to be impossible to get a match. Regardless it is clearly a popular model and that is good to see. 

Great to see further progress. Your search for additional storage inspired me to look at my own layout and think a bit laterally, so I am now mid way through building a suitable fiddle yard. I feel the pain on surface mounted motors I am currently working on the peco versions!