John40131

I would love to be able to get hold of the chairs you showed in the picture ... I am a member of MERG and it was a member who directed me to this page ... I have just built a simple diamond crossing but I have a more complex 4 way crossing to construct with 10 Diamond crossing later in this year ... Regards John Marshall

I found the issue after posting on a number of forums, someone suggested there was DC on the Track output, so tried Uno with DCC++ and that worked fine, tried DCC++EX on Uno and that also worked fine, went back to Mega and found there was a light missing on Track power and motor running at full speed, and after checking continuity between all the data pins D12 had no connection so linked a piece of wire and then it worked fine ... 3 days of trial and error ...LOL Then found issue login on with phone and tablet but found on the DCC website and was PASS_ and the alphanumberic code on network ... all working now Also thought i'd messed up the decoder om the tester but was just the problem as above and as soon as got on main track all worked ...

I am just setting up DCC++EX on my 2 year build layout which after building a shed to fit it in I am know moving on to running, I built a DCC++EX Base Station using a Mega and Arduino Motor shield No Wifi shield till all works, but I have an issue with a Lais Decoder I have, after trying to set up in JMRI I may have messed the decoder up as it worked fine on a Hornby Select but motor wont run when added to roster with address 3 on the program track ( I am using a Lais Decoder Tester with decoder connected ) and use throttle, if I put on Main track motor runs at full speed and throttle has no effect, I tried a CV 8 setting to 4 and when I check all CV's they are all correct to Lais sheet except when I select CV33 I get a No responce from Decoder and unless I reset Track power OFF/ON I cant read any other CV's.. If anyone can help I would be most grateful, I have a Class 55 loco with same Decoder but im loathed to put on this setup until I find what ive done wrong.. Regards John

Not quite Model Railway related but if anyone can help I would be most grateful... My father worked on the Railways during WW2 at Sheffield Midland and Chinley and Buxton, and as far as I understand he was a guard but I would love to find any records on what he did and when he joined etc, I was only about 3 or 4 when he left about 1950... Are there any ex railway member who may know if you can access any records ... Regards John

Hi Ian, Ive just asked the same question on MERG and Dean Park Station and got this link, as I just got a Mainline Jubliee "Leander" with the small ringfield motor off ebay and was wondering about converting to DCC ... and looks like you already done ... would be grateful if you took any pictures of the mods ... Regards John

Thank you for allowing me to join the group, I am modelling my Layout for Bolton Station in the 1960s, I have a layout of North of platforms ( Bolton West 1963 ) and at the moment I am making the 4 way crossing after the "Y" points using PCB sleepers and rails from Hattons further up the tracks I will probably leave off some of the sidings, I found the polarity a challenge but as it turned out I can link 5 DPDT relays with 1 switch so all lines Left open then 4 lines right open, the next challenge is the traingle and the tracks to the right merge into 2 lines .. I would be grateful for any help with switching on the triangle as is not a straight forward same track to same track. I am using DCC on layout and eventually using JMRI to control.. Regards John