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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.
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Fair point. No. As I said.It worked fine to start when first fitted. Then just stopped.
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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.
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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.
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Thanks for your reply. Am I correct in thinking that Bachmann do not sell an actual product for an engine- e.g Deltic ?
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Thanks for your reply. Am I correct in thinking that Bachmann do not sell an actual product for an engine- e.g Deltic ?
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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.
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Just seen your post - only 4 years late !
I am researching Haddiscoe High Level.
Did you get anywhere with your layout ?
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Thank you Eastglosmog for that info. Very much appreciated.
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2 hours ago, eastglosmog said:
OK, I've got my book on Turner's paintings of the bookshelf (needed to do a bit of weight lifting). According to it, the inspiration is supposed to have come when Turner stuck his head out of a train window traveling back from Devonshire during a storm and got drenched. The attribution to Maidenhead appears to date from about 1946-1959 and is due to one Martin Davies in his National Gallery Catalogue (why, I have no idea). Suspect Turner did not intend it to be anywhere in particular.
The reason you can't see the hare in the painting is because Turner painted it out!
Whilst most critics appear to have liked the painting, the critic of the Spectator had this to say "..when he (Turner) comes to represent a railway train...the laxity of form and license of effect are greater than people will allow."
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..
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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 ..
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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The new ferry terminal was built around the time some new concept for a large fast ferry, the BGV, was being talked about in the mid 2000's and also involved Sheerness and if I remember correctly a company that wanted to operate has never managed to operate a ship but was very successful at getting the local papers to write about them and the main man did a runner..... The new port was intended to be the Hub for a network of these BGV's so that's why it is called 'Hub port de Boulogne-sur-Mer'.
Anyway, the Hub port opened in 2009 and was used by LD Lines for their service to Dover using the large high speed catamaran Norman Arrow. LD Lines had run for a few months before from the old Gare Maritime with the Cote D'Albatre from the Newhaven-Dieppe service. The fast ferry service was replaced later that year with a conventional service first using LD Lines Norman Spirit, now DFDS's Calais Seaways, and then a pair of chartered vessels. The service closed in September 2010.
The port is still occasionally used by P&O Ferries as a diversion port during periods of long term disruption in Calais. It has to be long term disruption to get UK Border staff to move there as they don't seem to bother for one day strikes or port closures.
Thanks for that informative reply. Much appreciated.
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There have certainly been many of those, but there does appear to be a "serious" bid to re-open a passenger service from Ramsgate to Ostend again. It would be a great shame to not to use all the infrastructure that has been built.
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 ?
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Local mayor probably has political influence.
Yes. That might explain it.
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Wow !!!!
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A large part of the empty quay area is because of the demolition of the steel works. The car-ferry linkspan has been largely unused since the Seacat finished in the mid-1990s, though there have been one or more instances when a car-ferry service has run from Ramsgate. In at least one instance, the directors of the ferry company disappeared, leaving harbour charges unpaid on both sides, and a large bill for fuel in Boulogne.
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 .
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should give a fairly recent view of what's left
I notice the blast-furnaces at the harbour have gone. The marshalling yard where the branch joins the main line still seems to be intact, though I don't know if it sees any regular traffic; the coil traffic to and from Desvres runs direct from Dunkerque these days.
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 .
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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.
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"Boulogne - Aéroglisseurs" station was only a 2 track loop with a central platform. The line crosses the Ave Maria tunnel to connect the main line.
1950 book about lines of "réseau Nord" SNCF. Boulogne-Ville didn't exist.
Capture d’écran 2018-01-21 à 19.42.51.png1960 book Boulogne-ville was drawn
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.
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This may be of some additional help : https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/donnees/cartes-1950
You will need to type Boulogne into search and select Maritime.
That is exactly what I was after. Good detail. I will now print out and go and check on site !
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Hello there,
here is a photo of the Hoverport took by a friend of mine.
Great photo , thanks.
TTS Sound card to Britannia Class loco.
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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. ??