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I was on the verge of buying one of these model rail panniers until I read the above post. It would be nice to get some clarification of the situation regarding the circuit board problem that it does nor affect any of the currently advertised models and posted on this site for the wider audience.

People are criticizing the new comers for doing like for like but when you look at Accrascales new Merry go round wagons they are offering a much improved product ar a very competitive price, they are definitely raising the bar rather than producing deliveries of models goodness knows how many years old.

Iggesund blue, these Van's were used to bring chemical pulp to Workington.

If you look on the photo, the sign above the the Thames Board stencil this is the Iggesund nameplate.

Thames Board was taken over in 1988 by the Swedish Company Iggersund Paperboard, the house colours changed from green to light blue.

Thanks ph for that explanation.

I thought that as a possibility but would that not make it out of gauge?

What is the small protrusion on the cab sides just on top of the numerals, never seen it on photos of 72000 but it is on later ones. Thanks.

Very nice to see that.

Ran my R3335 for the first time, very jerky running on anything other than full speed. Removed the body and found that one pair of driving wheels was catching on the underside of the splasher, gradually starting to wear away the metal. Thought I would post this in case anyone else's radial is a poor runner at slow speed.

There was a goid two part article on Air Ministry tank wagons in Modellers Backtrack.

Thanks, would be ideal for the fiddle yard.

Thanks for that RFS. I guess ignorance has been bliss until I tried the 45XX. On question, can the GM500 be used to switch the polarity on it's own without the point motor?

Strangely enough I have used auto frogs for a long time always on analogue, the previous layout was American, using the usual, Athearn, Kato, Bachmann mix etc. I built this new layout and until today operated it modern image with the usual Hornby, Heljan, Bachmann mix of diesels. Until today, I decided to get out some locos which had been stored for a long while, starting with the Bachmann, 45xx and ivatt 2-6-2T and this is where the problem came to light. Looks like I shall have readdress the thinking on points, i do not like just relying g a the blade contact for power, suppose i will have to look at mechanical switching of the polarity.

Why would it differentiate whether analogue or DCC when it is just changing polarity?

Presently just analogue

Done so, thanks.

Has anyone encountered this problem, I have laid my track, peco with elecrofrog points, I have installed gaugemaster Bpdcc80 autofrogs, running my Bachmann diesels no problem at all but since I tried running a Bachmann 45xx 32-125 and also a Bachmann ivatt 2-6-2t the autofrog 9 times out of 10 does not change the polarity. I connected a circuit tester to the track at the electro frog and you can see the latter part of the point energise when the diesel is there but not the 45xx. It is very frustrating.

Has anyone encountered this problem, I have laid my track, peco with elecrofrog points, I have installed gaugemaster Bpdcc80 autofrogs, running my Bachmann diesels no problem at all but since I tried running a Bachmann 45xx 32-125 and also a Bachmann ivatt 2-6-2t the autofrog 9 times out of 10 does not change the polarity. I connected a circuit tester to the track at the electro frog and you can see the latter part of the point energise when the diesel is there but not the 45xx. It is very frustrating.

Thanks Yardman Using a lamp may be the simple solution.

I want to install some LED's on my hidden sidings trackwork to show if that particular length of track is energised. Do all LED's have to have resistors when worked of 12 V DC? Thanks.

Always liked the Trix EM1 electric. For it's time a lovely model to gaze at in the shop window, had to do with a Triang Princess Elizabeth and dock shunter in those days but extremely happy with them!

Nostalgia is a fine tonic. One of the oldest catalogues I have is an ERG with all its parts for scratchbuilders Have also several W&H which were very comprehensive. The ones I miss were the annual Gamages catalogues which somehow have been lost. Reading the old catalogues shows how far we have progressed in RTR.

It getting a bit like the general media, full of negativity.

Amongst my old catalogues I have an ERG for scratchbuilders and several W&H for Nostalgia.