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Think you have mixed up "metered connection" with "active hours". With a metered connection W10 will not download fixes at any time until you positively go into Windows Update and check for updates. However, by default you can only set a metered connection for WiFi and not an Ethernet connection. To do the latter you can do a small registry hack - see https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/unable-to-set-metered-connection-in-windows-10/0f2c14ca-306d-4723-b920-6620c39430b3 Active hours does not stop W10 from downloading and installing updates, but will ensure it doesn't reboot during these times.

1607 is known as the "Anniversary Edition" whereas the "Creators Update" is coming in this April and will be version 1704. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/upcoming-features

Bill - see Brian's post above for an explanation of why 1511 PCs are now installing 1607.

MS reports that there are over 400m installations now of Windows 10, so one must assume it's not fundamentally flawed. There are 4 PCs in our household and all of these were updated to W10 from W7: two by update-in-place and the other two by a clean install. The laptop is 4 years old, two of the desktops are 6 years old and the other a year old. All the desktops were self-build and not bought with Windows pre-installed. I find W10 much better than W7. The only issue I've had is with the graphics on my 6-year-old PC. It has the on-board Intel version which Intel kindly decided not to provide updated W10 drivers for. Although the PC worked OK, there were some formatting issues. All that was needed was a separate Nvidia graphics cost costing about £25 which comes with full W10 drivers and all is now OK. A clean install of W10 often solves many problems with upgrading. I think it was a bold decision of MS to provide this upgrade path, and undoubtedly some people have had issues but I'm quite happy with the way mine upgraded.

Most problems with Windows 10 arise from upgrading an existing computer from Windows 7/8 etc. A new computer will come with Windows 10 pre-installed and should be absolutely fine.

Start -> settings -> system -> about will tell you which version you have. Current version is 1607 which is the Windows 10 anniversary update (1607 = 2016 July). Good news there's another one coming in April (1704) .....

The BRdtabase information is not quite comprehensive, as here is 31911 at Exeter St Davids. http://railphotoprints.uk/p769364556/h27ff5532#h27ff5532

31917 got to Exmouth Junction at the end of 1962 but not for long. A few also went to Eastleigh for a short while too. http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&id=524&type=S&page=alloc

Bachmann's other EMUs (4-CEP, 2-EPB., Thumper etc.) do not have CCMs on the out ends of the unpowered trailer coaches, and nor do Hornby's 2-BIL and 2-HAL. If they did problems would no doubt arise if you coupled a trailer with CCM to another unit's non-CCM power bogie. I don't have a Hornby 4-VEP so I don't know how they do the CCM on the motor coach in the middle of the set ...

Nice picture here of the RH of 35018 .... https://www.flickr.com/photos/kitmasterbloke/23738487806/in/photolist-CaFXow-f3Qi7u-9t6QCP-2JBe26-6Wafj7-6W61hR-qWqHud-6W5QgP-9t6QBx-q1Ao7q-aaJfiM-xoEmB4-aaJftT-9t6QF2-959cEv-qi5UPh-HGWyqR-aTBtxM-4v2Cn5-8CMkAV-3biWE1-oB1WWz-bsTCTm-EEQs7e-aaJf72-BFQjSx-McKT3Q-ueNY2X-CM4j3L-zYdqsw-C46UAD-zm4KVz-tNgkFb-HnRk75-tLSjAS-CY88cH-qaxkTF-GvPvug-yByfB5-MuwxA2-NUqbHF-EYDGnG-xCXu2i-CtE9Dj-EckUTm-qHQDkV-Lte9TL-owr5Sb-w7ygZQ-Q2VVLK

Perhaps these dates refer to the second production run, given that the first one has sold out ....

Can't help you there as I don't have a class 150 to try it on. You may just have to experiment ....

Interesting variant here - BR-numbered, but with SOUTHERN on the tank sides ... http://railphotoprints.uk/p897720223/h3b1fb037#h3b1fb037

But it's not a new model - just an existing model with a new running number. And I'm sure at the time Hornby hadn't realized 35018 was unique. So to make this version would require changes to tooling and manufacture which would increase costs and hence the price. Would enough people pay the higher price to enable Hornby to recover those costs? A similar issue happened a few years ago when Hornby announced they would produce the Urie King Arthur as 30755 The Red Knight, only to subsequently discover it had straight smoke deflectors which the existing tooling didn't have. So the model came out instead as 30737 King Uther.

Another interesting train to model would be a late night departure from Waterloo (sorry, can't remember exact date) that consisted of 33 + TC + VEP, with the latter taking power from the 3rd rail. The train divided at Basingstoke, with the 33 + TC going to Salisbury and the VEP to Southampton.

See post 18800 on previous page (and what follows). This is a strange seller ....

He also has a 29-inch TV for £47k. One does wonder what his business model is all about ..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LG-720p-HD-Ready-29-inch-TV-2015-Model-/191993404904?hash=item2cb3b2dde8:g:5S0AAOSw8gVX~bwl

Perhaps at 11.25 it was still within the "active hours" window?

I've pre-ordered several times from Rails recently (although not for the MN) and they've always billed only on dispatch.

Looks like another seller who's going to be disappointed - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-large-collection-/192011638238?hash=item2cb4c915de:g:nw0AAOSw-YVXlKpx £750 and he can only be bothered to post one picture the wrong way round. Plus "economy" delivery is £100 but the description says "collection only"! And registered as a business seller too ....

This was the email I got from Hatton's regarding my pre-order - "This is a notification to inform you that the above item that you currently have on order has had its price increased by the manufacturer. Hornby have advised that the Recommended Retail price for this item is now £179.99, and in accordance with this our own sales price has also increased. However, as you have ordered this item prior to this change, we will honour your pre-order price and the price increase will not affect your current pre-order."

Hornby have increased the RRP from £164.99 to £179.99. Hatton's have advised that my pre-order at £144 will be honoured, but new orders will be at the higher price of £162. Kernow's current offering at £156.74 is based on the lower RRP and may well change shortly ....

Lenz have announced a new handset to be available next year called the LH101. Summary on the AH Models website here - http://www.aandhmodels.co.uk/21101-lh101-hand-controller-46096-p.asp Also full spec available on the Lenz website but only in German (click on "produktflyer") - http://www.lenz-elektronik.de/digitalplus-handregler-lh101.php There's also a new version of the CV Editor 1.2.0 that replaces 1.1.7. I can't easily see what's different mainly because once again the documentation is only in German! There are no new firmware levels for their decoders as far as I can see. It's downloadable from here - http://www.lenz-elektronik.de/download.php

The Gaugemaster GM500 will fit the bill for that solution. http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=GM500&style=main&strType=&Mcode=Gaugemaster+GM500

Setting a reserve no doubt deterred bidders as it was obvious there was no chance of a bargain, or even of a realistic bid winning the auction.