JamieC

Hey Everyone, I recently converted an older Graham Farish class 25/3 (371-079) using the instructions here: It runs fine prior to conversion or with a blanking plate in (it has a built in representation of acceleration/deceleration due to the size of the fly wheels in it) however with a decoder it doesnt start moving till about speed step 20/28 and doesnt move much faster than a crawl at full speed step 28. I have tried changing the cv settings as per the link below but that doesnt seem to have made any difference (programmed via JRMI). I've verified there are no shorts and the decoder works in in other locos, has anyone experiances a similar issue before or know what I can try to fix this? Thanks, Jamie

Thank you all for the replies. It has given me some good ideas and increased my knowledge a lot!

Yup, I would need the power house pro box and power supply. The problem would be with the usb interface. This is all for future reference anyway but it is good to know. Thanks

I shall look into that, Thanks

ok I can't see anything about loconet in the manual so I will take that as not included. I have however found some NCE manufactured occupancy detectors so that is me sorted. Thanks for your help

Manual is sitting right next to me.... to the book! :-P

Ok, thanks for the swift reply. So basically my best chance is if I can find a NCE equivalent of the digitrax occupancy sensors ?

Hi everyone, I am building a DCC model railway and I am using an NCE Powercab. I like the idea of occupancy detectors especially ones that can talk to JRMI. The common one I found was a digitrax BD4. I do however have a few questions: 1) What is Loconet? 2) Will BD4's/ loconet work with my NCE controller? 3)How do you connect it all up? i.e what other parts are required? Thanks, Jamie

Has anyone converted a graham farish class 20 (old style with diecast body) to dcc and have pictures ? Thanks, Jamie

It is a shame. Do you think it would be possible to buy one or two of the new ones and - I hate the thought of doing this to such a nice looking engine - modify to DRS spec and then paint it ?

Hi all, So it seems that Graham and Farish have stopped making class 20's in DRS livery, is this correct? (just for clarity, its for N gauge) If this is true would any one happen to know where I can get one (maybe 2) or someone who is willing to sell them for a reasonable price? Will have money after Christmas, just thought i should put this out there. Thanks, Jamie