mlarmour

That's great news Bif, thanks for confirming that!

Good point Nick! According to the function list for the 70 on DC-Kits it doesn't seem to be listed on there. Perhaps the drivelock updates haven't yet made it up to the 70s yet

Thanks. Any idea if the Legobiffoman 70 has drivelock like the 66 and Janus?

Hello, Finally...the Bachmann Colas 70805 has landed and I'm looking for sound options for it. Generally I've tried searching this thread and YouTube for videos but couldn't find many recent examples beyond Legobiffoman and Howes. Does anyone have any recommendations or video demos they can share? More specifically, some of the things I'm looking for in my situation are: LokSound v4 or Zimo MX644D decoder preferred. Some form of speedlock function (or similar to notch up/down at constant slow speed) Good quality, rich sounds when idling (random air release possible?) If possible, editing of sound project to customise some of the sounds (e.g. air release) Volume probably won't be a factor, the loco is on a small depot layout, so the loco is going to spend a lot of time idling or at slow speed, particularly on engineers trains. Therefore the quality of the idling sounds is very important. In particular I've noticed the class 70 will sometimes have a regular air release when idling. Sounds like there's some loose panels with a "tssss…..tsssTCHAH!" every now and then. I'd be open to trying to customise some of the sounds using a relevant programmer, but not sure which sound producers would supply the sound project file. With the recent release of the loco and next generation of sound decoders, I was hoping to find lots of recent video examples demonstration some different sound options. Hopefully you guys can help me out. Thanks, Matt

Many thanks both for the replies. Living next to a Freightliner depot and branchline, even with the high pitched "ying-yinging" there's an underlying "thud-thud" when idling so ultimately I'll probably end up experimenting with a quality high speaker such as the iPhone, and something deeper. Perhaps one iPhone speaker and a Zimo LS40X20X09-1W maybe? I'm keen to try out some of the double dumbos as well. For my tiny layout volume isn't too much of a worry. I look forward to future comparison videos and may end up posting some of my own in future. Many thanks, Matt

Richard, Great to see and hear 66522 with the double iPhone speakers. Can you be a bit more precise about which speakers exactly are installed? Are they iPhone6 main speakers? And would your double iPhone speaker setup work directly with Loksound v4 or Zimo MX644D decoders without needing any additional components? Many thanks, Matthew

Hi Dave, First post here. Thanks for the testing and video. Very interesting! I'm pretty new to DCC Sound and looking for the right speaker for a small home layout and the iPhone6 speaker seems very clear in your video. I'm interested in getting one for myself and see how it sounds at home, but I don't want to cook it or the decoder. Do you have any more details about the test setup you were using, in particular the decoder and if the speakers were connected "direct" without any series or parallel stuff. Do you have any more details of the iPhone6 speaker used, what kind of iPhone6 speaker it was (serial number?) and the basic ohm / wattage if possible? I'm likely to use it with a Loksound v4 or Zimo MX644D in a Class 66 and wondering if I need to do anything special like grouping two together, connecting in series/parallel or similar. Could you recommend somewhere to get that same iPhone6 speaker? I see Richard Croft is using double iPhone speakers for a Class 66 and wondering if these are similar to any you've tested. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/78924-dcc-sound-videos/?p=3163450 Many thanks for your patience, Matthew

I grew up next to the railway in Lincolnshire, not far from Barnetby, Immingham, Scunthrope and Doncaster. My interest peaked around 2000 and then when I moved to Bristol subsided somewhat, although I always wanted to make a small detailed modular diorama to represent that period and area. But the story of this particular layout really begins when I move into my new flat at the end of August 2016. I'd been incredibly lucky to find a place that not only ticked most of the boxes, but came with an amazing view which includes the Great Western Mainline, Portbury branch line and Bristol Freightliner Terminal (plus the Clifton Suspension Bridge)! There's also a small rail engineers depot too! A daily dose of Freightliner 66s shunting intermodals and zooming HSTs has been interspliced with engineers trains of varying forms and sizes and seasonal coal traffic from Portbury. With my enthusiasm for rail rekindled thanks to being able to trainspot from my armchair with a cuppa, it made sense that my so far unrealised layout ambitions would morph and turn into reality in the spare room. Space is still limited, so the modular layout/diorama idea I had originally was adapted to fit inside a wide Ikea Kallax shelving unit (after seeing inspiration from Kallax adaptions to house small pets). Based on a single mainline and branchline the 1'4" x 5'7" space would now be split between a depot and a yard with a raised track at the back to display "full length" trains. Apart from the track, most of the scenery wouldn't be permeant to allow the space to be used for different themes and some compromises had to be made. The front track would double up as mainline and siding at the yard end to allow two rakes to sit side by side. The yard is intended to represent the Freightliner terminal most of the time, but I'd still like to be able to use it to for other things, such as a coal or oil terminal in future. The branchline would usually represent the Portbury line while the depot is still mainly there to represent the Immingham TMD of my childhood and show off the locos. The high level track at the back will probably have OLE so I can display electric traction. The fleet includes some basic 66s, 60s, 56s and a like from my childhood, while things have gotten more serious these days with super detailed DCC sound 37, 60, and several Freightliner themed 66s. Some main principles are: - Diorama. I won't be running trains round and round, I'll be limited to shunting. Most of the time it'll be static, and I'll be wanting to take close up photos which can be confused with photos of the prototype. Hence why I consider this more of a diorama than a layout. - Detail. Not having to model metres and metres of layout means the focus will be on detail in the small space. - Lighting. I love night photography and so getting the lighting right to recreate the mood at night is really important. - Sound. DCC has certainly moved on from when I were a lad and sound has come on leaps and bounds. Which is just as well, because I now consider it essential to the layout. I don't have the excitement of running trains continuously, so creating the atmosphere through locos idling and revving up is going to be another important feature of the fleet. (There's something to be said about having a 66 idle on the layout while it's big brother is doing the same in the yard outside!) - Flexibility. I'd want to use the track to represent the South West from 2016 onwards replicating what I'd see from my lounge window. But also the MGR, iron ore and other workings around 2000 in the North East. The basic yard is intended to be converted from intermodal, to coal, to oil and the whole layout may turn into a steelworks at some point. Hence the name, "Liberty Lane", because I'm not tied to one era, or area or theme. And the neat fact that the Bristol Freightliner Terminal is located on South Liberty Lane.