Monjac

i WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE BODY OFF AGAIN AND HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU SAY. i THINK THE SHORT CIRCUIT IDEA IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS i WASN'T VERY CAREFUL. PUT IT DOWN TO EXPERIENCE. I ALSO DAMAGED THE MOTION PUTTING THE TOP BACK ON. I DID NOT HAVE A VERY GOOD DAY.IT PAYS TO STAY CALM AND NOT GET ANGRY. WILL WE EVER LEARN. ??

I was using the supplied speaker. It worked really well for 5 minutes and then just stopped. The connections look fine , Mystery. I am new to DCC . Does this sort of thing happen. Do speakers simply blow ? Otherwise I cannot see anything else logical. I even tried a Hornby controller instead of the Gaugemaster.

Fair point. No. As I said.It worked fine to start when first fitted. Then just stopped.

Just tried to retrofit a TTS Sound card to Hornby Oliver Cromwell/Britannia. When I first fitted card everything worked .Good sound. Forward and backwards etc.. Then sound stopped. Now can only go backwards and forwards. Have I blown something ? Any ideas please.

Very grateful for the help. I am new to DCC and I did not know this was the case. I will now check out the sites.

Thanks for your reply. Am I correct in thinking that Bachmann do not sell an actual product for an engine- e.g Deltic ?

Thanks for your reply. Am I correct in thinking that Bachmann do not sell an actual product for an engine- e.g Deltic ?

I have fitted chips and sound card to DCC ready Hornby. No problem. Easy system of numbers /type / Class etc.etc. But where do you buy Bachmann chips and Sound cards for DCC ready models- e.g. N.RM Deltic.? What is the system ? Help much appreciated.

Just seen your post - only 4 years late ! I am researching Haddiscoe High Level. Did you get anywhere with your layout ?

Thank you Eastglosmog for that info. Very much appreciated.

Thank you so much for that post with such interesting info from your book.. I am so pleased as to what you have written about the hare being painted out.No wonder I could not see it ! Is it possible for you to give me more detail or quote verbatim what the book says. And why should he paint it out ? Also the engraving was done between 1859-1861 which is 5- 7 years after Turner painted the original but still shows the hare..

This is the caption in the National Gallery describing the painting.I searched in vain to find the hare on the original. . But I accepted everything else which was said. Then I found the engraving with all the detail , plus I found the hare ..

Thank you Steamport. Very interesting especially about being too delicate to clean. Perhaps a good clean would have revealed the hare. I am still hoping for an answer about GWR running on the right side track.

I agree with what you say on Turners original painting. It is unclear but could be central.. But the engraving presumably approved by Turner shows it on the right hand track incidentally also showing clearly a hare running away from the engine which on the original was just a black blob.. That is why I wanted to know if perhaps GWR in the early days ran on the right hand side track and would explain why the GWR controls and driver were on the right hand side.

The train in Turner's painting - Rain. Steam and Speed. The Great Western Railway 1844 . when viewed close up , is crossing the viaduct over the Thames at Maidenhead on the right hand track . Is this correct for 1844 ? Does this explain why Great Western drivers controlled from the right ? Or did Turner make a mistake .

Thanks for that informative reply. Much appreciated.

It was only when I went to see the old Hoverport terminal that I first saw the massive ferry terminal facilities alongside which have been built and are just lying idle. To my knowledge they have never been used although I stand to be corrected. Before visiting here, when people had talked about the ferry services I automatically thought about the terminal/ ex railway facility which I last saw being used by Seacat by the main town, close to Nausicaa. I think people do not realise how much money the French Authorities spent building the special harbour away from the town centre ramps.. Money wasted because there is no way that it could compete with Calais and the Shuttle. When the Seacat was in service it never used these terminal facilities. So why were they built ?

Yes. That might explain it.

Wow !!!!

If my memory serves me right, they started this cross channel operation at the time the Channel Tunnel was opening. How they managed to persuade a bank to finance this operation defeats me. It was doomed from the start. I never used it as I always use the shuttle , but many loved the route and the prices .

I dont understand your last comment re 'direct from Dunkerque'. Desvres is still connected via Samer and Hesdigneul to Abbeville-Boulogne route. The last time I was in Desvres , about a month ago there were wagons .I did not check what they were doing. I just presumed this line was still in use but for what traffic I am unsure. I just love the tortuous single line track route it takes .

Thanks everyone for your replies. It has given me some good leads to follow. This weekend I am off to Spain for a month to see what they are up to. Just building more High Speed lines I suppose ..... boring !. (Jealous) When I return home to Pas de Calais where I now live, I will do some walkabouts to see what traces are still left. And there is a lot of track extant . but it is being progressively lifted and building demolished. I have not viewed the tunnel entrance at the Outreau end which I must do. But I would still love to find the detail of the track plans in WW1 which must have been extensive.

It will take some time to relate those drawn plans with the 1950 Geo Cartes link Mike Storey posted . I will do that on the next rainy day. So that will probably be tomorrow.

That is exactly what I was after. Good detail. I will now print out and go and check on site !

Great photo , thanks.