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How would you clean the wheels and track - do you use any sort of solvent or product?

Hi All, What would be the most likely issue with a loco that has a juttery movement at slow speed using DCC? I figured it is probably one of the following but not sure: 1 - sticky gears 2 - bad motor 3 - poor track structure 4 - bad voltage distribution Any advice would be great. I have a Class C loco from Buchmann fitted with a Zimo DCC chip which is very jittery at slow speeds but runs incredibly well at faster speeds. Also, what is the issue with swopping poles on the DCC track (swopping positive and negative) ... I have done this by mistake and noticed no issue. Thanks Victor

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Hey all, I recently purchased a Bachmann City Class 4-4-0 model ... Killarney ... and the smokebox hinge either looks broken or disconnected .... can anyone give me a tip and/or opinion on how to repair this ... very fine detail so will try my best with the images. There seems to be a U-shaped hinge that looks like it just needs to be put back into a small hole ... but I am not sure ... also not sure if this needs to be glued or not so looking for some tips: Image A: shows how the hinge is not connected properly or is broken Image B: shows the U-shaped hinge but the flash from my iPhone doesn't give the detail Image C: without a flask shows the hings a little better ... and the hole I assume it goes into Appreciate any help thanks

A RTR model of the Jenny Lind would be fantastic

Hi All, Are there any Era 1 models available? I assume it would be Era 1 before Era 2 ... I am looking for the really old 1850’s kinda stuff ...

ok, cool .... so stick to the colors then. Thanks

All, Thanks for all the help on the DCC issues that I had and my understanding of conversions to DCC ... I now understand a lot more than I did. One thing that I would like to make sure of is: "red and black, to the track, orange and grey, the other way" is a pretty easy way to remember which wire goes where but is this strictly correct or is it the position on the decoder that you have to be aware of. I ask this because I have got two different decoders and the order of the wires is different .... so which one is it?

Thanks ... I will make contact and see what he can advise ... hope he is still active as it shows that he was last active in Nov 18

No, the single gives problems in all kinds of random locations ... if it was a track issue would it not be the same for all locos on the track and not just the one?

Hi All, I am not sure if this is truly a DCC issue or not but I will attempt it here ... I have two locos, one is the Stirling Single from Rapido (DCC Sound version) and one is a Bachmann 8750 Pannier Tank that was DCC ready and is now fitted with a Zimo DCC chip. I use a Hornby R8213 for control. The TANK really responds very well to the controller and speeds up and slows down in both directions very well and even crawls along with almost no jutter but the SINGLE does not and often only reacts sporadically, or not at all, to the controller .... Could there be a logical explanation here? Thanks Victor

mmmm ... I suppose if there were enough people they may be inetrested - could we get some sort of a "poll" or commitment to order that we could approach them with. I did contact them and asked about where, but the suggestion was: Ian Pope <ian@lightmoor.co.uk> Mon, Apr 8, 8:28 PM (23 hours ago) to me Victor They do turn up occasionally on ebay or try Bill Hudson Books. Ian ... there are none at Bill Hudson Books

Hi, Does anyone have this book by Ian Pope that they would like to sell ? Thanks Victor

Thanks everyone for a very informative discussion - I find this both interesting and very helpful. If I may ask something else ... were PO wagons generally of the same design just different sizes (like 3, 5, 7, etc). For example if a company had some 5-plank wagons would they be the same as another company's 5-plank wagons or would they be different in design? The reason I ask this is I can imagine that the likes of Hornby, Bachmann and Dapol will not cover all (probably most) of the POW that were out there by company, but I see that some people create decals or stickers of other POW that may not have been produced by the Model manufacturers mentioned .... would it therefore be "historiacally accurate" to transfer these decals to the correct sized wagon (eg. a 5-plank)?

Thanks for the responses everyone ... very insightful and useful ... now to get reading

Hi All, I currently live in the UK but am not oroginally from here so don't have too much info on the history of the railways in the UK besides what I have read so far. Therefore please could you answer some basic questions: - are the PO Wagons available from the likes of Bachmann and Hornby based on companies that actually existed and are the liveries genuine? - did certain POW only run with certain Railways such as the GWR based on their "trade routes"? - I particularly like the GWR locos so (assuming the above two questions are "yes") - is there a list of POWs somewhere that show the connection? Would like to model one of these GWR trade routes with coal wagons of the period Any tips, links, comments would be greatly appreciated

Does anyone have experience with the Hornby 14xx conversion. I have opened up my 14xx model and can quite obviously see the motor and its connection points (wires) but while I can see the pickups on the wheels I am not sure where these are wired to - sure I haven't exactly taken off every single screw but I was trying to avoid this. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi Andy, Thanks for your concern but rest assured that I have understood ... I just like to make sure ... I have successfully converted my Pannier Tank to DCC and it runs very nicely

Ahhhh ... the one on the right has a "plug" ... I see it now (sorry). If I remove the plug I see that the plug itself has 6 pins soldered to it but the socket is 8-pin. Do I need to get a 6-pin decoder then or could I get either a 6-pin or 8-pin? Thanks

All, I need your help again with this DCC thing ..... I have got two used Bachmann Pannier Tanks - one is model#32-200B and the other is model#32-204. The one says it is DCC Ready and after opening both of them they are clearly very different. Questions: (a) can any of these be run on a DCC setup as they are at the moment (b) does anyone know what each of these decoders are? Thanks Victor

Guess the windows would be wrong too then ... these are shown as rounded windows on your photo. So (while thinking this is possibly a foolish question) is the running number incorrect then ... more than anything else?

So is there a pre-war Pannier Tank? Rule #1 always applies

I am still not 100% on what all the different era's and periods were and still have a lot to learn ... I assume it's to the reference of the "G W R" on the tank and not the "Great Western" as was done before on the livery ... is that correct? My idea is to model a Forest of Dean "type" of coal mining scene so .... as long as they were used to carry coal I am happy

I eventually got a Pannier Tank from Bachmann (32-200B) and think the model itself is brilliant ! Its a slightly older version and so I am going to upgrade it to DCC and see how she goes - but I have only heard good things about it so far ... and I managed to pick it up off ebay for £31.00 which I think is a great deal I got this one .... (this is a web image but mine is also in pristine condition)

Is a decoder that is classified as N scale only suitable for that scale or can it be used on a OO scale? I am thinking specifically of the Lenz Gold Mini decoder .... thinking that the smaller it is the easier it would be to fit in the loco chassis.