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Hi all Looking for some advice. I have a year 2006 Heljan class 27 loco with power issues, dc control. I have had it on a rolling road and put power to all 8 wheels in every permutation and they all turn fine. Put the loco on the track and it stutters to start on full power before kicking in and off it goes. Power is a gaugemaster twin controller. Reduce the power to about half full power and it merrily continues, but reduce it any further towards zero and it comes to a halt, then same again as above. Brass strip to all wheels, which are clean,is touching and red and black wires to each power bogie are soldered in place. Directional lighting is also working. Track is clean and I have also tested it on an independent piece of straight track not attached to the layout with the same problem. Any advice greatly appreciated.
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I have a Heljan class 27 that has no couplings at either end. Looking for a coupling type that would be compatible with a standard Bachmann mk2 coach coupling?
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Thanks GordonC. The layout will be dc controlled and lighting in coaches would not be a priority. Primarily, it will be Mk1 and Mk2 coaches that would have been in regular use at Queen Street from 1970ish to 1975ish. Earlier in the thread Legend said an Aberdeen service could be covered with earlier Hornby Mk1 stock and him and JeremyC gave the type of Mk2 stock required for the Edinburgh service. I have had to re wheel some old stock in the past as the wheels were wobbly, although Lima stock has generally always performed well. Never thought about the colour matching, but yes that would be a major consideration!
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Thanks again for the information supplied everyone, I can see what you mean about the price of Bachmann items Legend, their coaches seem very expensive! Is there a reason for this. Are they a much better coach, more realistic and authentic looking than similar coaches by say Hornby, Lima, Mainline or even Triang. Certainly, by re wheeling the older models, it would still be a cheaper option, especially for the amount of coaches required. Thoughts again greatly appreciated!
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Hi all Thanks to everyone who contributed to the previous advice. Modelling question this time, 00 scale. The 101 dmu is the type I intend to model. A 3 car set appears to be the mainstay from the period. I have an old non working Triang 3 car set, but am I right in saying it is under scale? A better running Bachmann would be more desirable, but they just seem to do 2 car sets. Are the coaches in these sets linked mechanically that it would be a bit of a task adding a centre coach? or if not, do Bachmann do a centre coach to make these units 3 car sets? Any help greatly appreciated.
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Wonderful information and details once again from everyone. Thanks Stovepipe and Matt for your detailed replies and I will check out timetable world, which I had never heard of before. Thanks ColinK for your details on the locomotives, although as a modeller I do like the 3 foot rule! Jeremy C and Legend, your input to the thread has been invaluable, many thanks for the time and effort that you have spent on supplying the information. GordonC , thanks for the link to the old thread, I will check it out. It would appear that old pre nationalisation buffet coaches were still in use, with probably only post nationalisation Mk1s and Mk2s .
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Hi Hal, I was not sure if any older coaches were still in use around this time from the original big 4, and if they were, which companies coaches would have been more prevalent. I should have put other than the new British Rail Mk1 stock, sorry for the confusion, hope that makes sense and thanks for highlighting
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Many thanks again to all who contributed to the thread, much information was gleaned re the locomotives and dmu’s , with a period span from ‘72ish to ‘76ish, with a bit of modellers licence! As a follow on, I was looking to establish the regular Mk1 and Mk2 coaching stock which would be most common around this time. Would Mk1 stock be more LMS type or LNER type or a mixture of both etc. Would Mk2 stock be more A,B or C or a mixture of all and the parcel traffic, would it have been 4 or 6 wheel vans or bogie vans. Again, any help or recollections of information would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks GordonC. As you say, my query was from a modelling perspective and I didn’t really think of the other section. I have been really pleased with the information that members have provided on this thread to date, if I feel I need more information I can repost on the prototype thread. Many thanks