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11 hours ago, Cymru Rails said:

I had a great time attending the show for the first time this weekend. For those who were unable to attend the show, this video shows the layouts off which were on display! 

 

Oh I recognise the clips of the Kensington Addison Road layout - I think you stood right next to me, filming away. I had some glimpses on your mobile phone as you filmed those scenes. Even as I walked towards the station part of the layout you did the same, hence how I recognised how the clips were filmed. Sounds like you had a good day! 

 

I suspect you'll be recycling those tracks you've removed, but if you wasn't, it would have been amazing to see how it looks if you took out the rails leaving the sleepers behind to give the impression of disused lines for photos before removing them completely. 

Is the condition of the field bad for parking? Last thing I want to do is to turn up at the exhibition with muddy feet etc

34 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

Yep, have to agree. Overall very good standard of traders and layouts and lots of familiar faces to gossip with. My second show since Warners took over and the difference that's made is evident. 

 

Not sure about the upstairs hall though......

 

 

 

BUT.....

 

The car park field is already very boggy and I saw at least one driver having issues trying to escape it's clutches this evening. 

 

That said, the forecast for the weekend is not as wet.....

 

Rob

 

 

Upstairs hall? They have exhibits upstairs too? Last time I went, it was on all one floor. 

32 minutes ago, 5BarVT said:

Does this help?

Green is Combi that you’re removing.

Black is the existing wiring to the Combi.

Red is the new wiring and walkabout.

Just like the Gaugemaster diagram, the plug is shown from the rear so wire as shown, sockets are from the front so need to be reversed when looking from the rear to wire up.
 

Paul.

 

Oh thank you Paul, that does make sense and it helps! Thank you, I appreciate you making an effort to draw a diagram! Now I can make a start with it (once I get a DIN plug and socket). 

Thanks again! 

12 hours ago, 5BarVT said:

Hello,

Been for a look on the GM website and I think I understand your confusion.

No diagrams (sorry) but if you’re still stuck after reading I could do one tomorrow.

 

Let’s start with your Combi.  I assume it has a circular (computer power supply style) socket with four terminals next to it labelled from the left: 0-12V DC TRACK / 16/18V AC ACCESSORIES / INPUT. I assume that you have the 0-12V DC connected to your track and the 16V AC connected to whatever drives your points.

 

The GMC-W is the Combi less those terminals above.

In with the GMC-WM1 is a small circuit board which is (almost) those terminals above 12V DC / 16V AC / INPUT.  

 

The WM-1 plugs into the circuit board, your point driver is connected to the 16V AC terminals together with the blue and yellow wires from the GMC-W and the red and black wires go to the track.  And that gives you your Combi features.

 

To get the walkabout, you connect the four wires from the GMC-W into a DIN plug and wire from the DIN socket to track and 16C AC terminals.  Any other walkabout connections are just wired locally to the track and in parallel for the 16V AC input.

 

Mechanically, you plug the WM1 into your wall socket (or wherever your power comes from), I suggest stick the PCB to the board with black tac or Sellotape stickies etc.

If you still need a diagram just say in a reply and I’ll see what I can do tomorrow.

 

Paul.

 

P.S. There’s a diagram of the WM1 PCB outputs in the ‘manual’ linked from the page on the GM website.  At least it shows what the terminals are.

Hello. 

Thank you for your prompt reply. 

I kinda of understand what you've advised, but I am confused with how wiring works cos I think I'm missing something, so just to check; 

The four wires from the controller will be wired into the DIN plug. Then, from the DIN socket, the wires are connected to the PCB; black & red wires to DC OUT terminals, and the blue & yellow wires to the AC OUT terminals? 

My question is wiring from the PCB terminals to the point motors & tracks. Is it a case of adding another wires for DC OUT terminals to the tracks and for AC OUT to the point motors, as I would do with my current combi controller? Or, looking at the PCB itself, am I meant to solder the wires from the DIN socket to the PCB terminals from underneath, and then use the output terminals to connect to the tracks/point motors? 

If I got it wrong, then I'm definitely confused. It's a shame the walkabout controller doesn't come fully ready with a transformer, etc, to make life easer! 

Thanks 

Hello! 

I have a new Gaugemaster walkabout controller (GMC-W) & wall mounted transformer (GMC-WM1) but I am confused on how to connect them together as well as to the new layout. 

I have recently completed wiring etc on my new 009 layout and I am currently using a Gaugemaster GMC-Combi single track controller to run the locomotives and to operate the point motors, with no issues at all. However, this controller is on a temporary basis as it has been my intent to use a walkabout controller on a permanent basis because my new layout is 3 metres long. 

It is simple and straightforward to connect the Combi controller to the layout and make it work, but I am slightly confused with how to set up the walkabout controller and the use of the wall mounted transformer, and I'm hoping you can help. 

The instructions that came with the controller and the transformer doesn't really help as they just created more confusion for me cos there's no diagrams to follow. 

So, the walkabout controller has a cable with 4 wires; red, black, yellow and blue and they're to be wired into a DIN plug & socket. That, I understand. Am I right in thinking the black and red wires are to be connected to the tracks, directly, via the socket? This leaves me with the blue and yellow wires - are they for the point motors? 

And where do the transformer comes in? I can see there there are input and output sockets (a total of 4) but how do I set it up? Not only this, but how do I attach it to the layout cos there doesn't seem to be any holes to screw it to the underneath of the board especially as I will need to be able to plug in the power cable. 

I would appreciate any diagrams of the set up to give me an understanding how to connect it all together, to which I will be very grateful for!

Any advice will also be appreciated on how to set them up. 

Thanks! 

(P.S I will do a topic elsewhere in the forum on my new layout in due course for those interested in 009). 

I bought the Welsh Highland Railway book on Monday :) Such a bargain for a book that is in a very good condition! 

The conversation about copyrights, can you please kindly take this somewhere else cos that's not what this forum is about, thanks. 

44 minutes ago, ikcdab said:

I don't know the answer to the question, but a multimeter will quickly tell you what the continuity between the stock rails and the crossing vee is doing.  If there is no continuity at all then you will need to solder on some wires and switch the polarity with the accessory switch or any one of many other ways.

See link below:

https://009adventure.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/first-go-at-modifying-point.jpg

Thank you for this! Useful to see a photo of what was done to give me an idea. 

Hello!

I hope you'll be able to give me some advice. I am currently building a new 009 layout (DC). The scale of my previous layouts were both OO and O, so the 009 layout is a new project, and slightly smaller than what I'm used to, in terms of the size of the turnouts etc. 

I'm more experienced with wiring up the turnouts for both OO and O layouts including using Peco's turnout motors & the accessory switches (SPDT), but I'm a bit puzzled about whether I will still have to use the accessory switches for the 009 electrofrog turnouts because they don't seem to have a wire from the frog to connect with the accessory switch in order to manage the polarity of the turnouts. Also on my previous layouts I recalled having to cut two wires under the turnouts, but I can't see this on the 009 turnouts, so how can I use an accessory switch in this case?

I tried to find information anywhere about the use of accessory switches for 009 turnouts, but there isn't much information out there and I would appreciate some advice on whether I need to use them to use electrofrog turnouts. 

Thank you! 

13 minutes ago, melmerby said:

Their website is a bit out of date.

It says:

 

"This week in news – Sep 24th-Oct 1st

A look at the model railway headlines from the last seven days"

 

Seems to be sleeping....☹️

 

No mention of Rheidol Valley locos anywhere.

It's still advertised in their magazines as one of the locomotives coming soon! 

Looks like there's still no updates.....

3 hours ago, Andy Kirkham said:

I have been volunteering recently in the British Heart Foundation bookshop on Blackboy Hill. It may be of interest to some of you that a large number of railway books has recently been donated and are currently on sale. I should say that there are not all that many specialist or "quality" books, mainly popular photo albums such as Bradford Bartons, The Best of Eric Treacy, Great Western Steam in the West Country etc.

 

But among the more interesting is Essery & Jenkinson's Locomotive Liveries of the LMS which I placed in the window as a lure.

I love that shop! I always see good quality books on railways

45 minutes ago, 009 micro modeller said:

 

Could it just be a short line for boat trolleys?

It looks like it, according to this map...

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18.64333333333332&lat=53.20103&lon=-4.21531&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld

A disused line off Ashton Vale Road in Bristol. It was connected to the Portishead to Bristol line, which is just on the right of the building. You can see this old line on Google map. According to old maps there used to be a Ashton Vale Works/Colliery on the site. Today Babcock International Group stands on the site. Taken on 22nd August 2021

1 hour ago, ullypug said:

That's correct. it sends out a laser which is picked up by the surveyor's staff as they take levels and mark setting out points. Removes the need for a chainman and traditional level or theodolite.

Actually it's more of a security thing. This link will explain better how it works...

https://securitynewsdesk.com/bam-nuttall-enhances-on-site-security-with-pid-systems-armadillo/

18 hours ago, burgundy said:

Yes - the photo was taken from the footpath. 

Looking at the plan of the proposed station, I can see what you mean about the road being slewed northwards - actually occupying some of the former track formation. However, as far as I can see, the platform will extend quite a long way beyond the fence, so prospective passengers will still need to take a machete to get through the undergrowth shown in the second photo.  

Best wishes 

Eric  

PS Know your place shows rather vividly the extent to which Portishead has spread southwards.

That'll be a challenge, to go through the undergrowth! 

I take it you're from Portishead? 

On 09/07/2021 at 19:37, burgundy said:

Rails beside the road in Portishead.

The other side of the fence will, hopefully in the not too distant future, be the site of the new Portishead station. 

Best wishes 

Eric 

In the first photo, is that looking at the fence from the road? If so, the station will be exactly where the road is (the road itself will be aligned to fit in the station). 

The second phrase of the line removal has been bought forward;

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18858857.phase-two-weymouth-harbour-rail-line-removal-project-custom-house-quay/

Is 4110 still at Kingswear? 

On 1/25/2019 at 12:56 PM, brushman47544 said:

 

 

I too thought Reading, but wouldn't that mean the Hall was in Platform 2 and the HST in Platform 3, which were both short bays?

Haven't been to Swansea by train since the early 80s, but I seem to recognise the building behind, so not sure it's there either.

I don't think it's Reading. I'm born & bred and I don't recognise the buildings within the station area at all

Wow, reading all those comments; moaning about missing features, having a go at the others, repeating questions that was already asked by someone else, or not being patience, it's just like watching a model railway world version of Eastenders. Now where's that popcorn.....?

I'll wait for all issues to be fixed before I'll see how the new improvements turns out. All that hard work making improvements are greatly appreciated though. 

And the diesel.... approaching the platform to attach itself to the coaches