Mike-Greg

Hi Me too the switch is not On/Off but press to make picked it up to move it out the way,, sure made me jump have habit of taking batts out now when not in use Mike

Hi Just a couple of pics not so good used my phone to take them mike

Hi been some time to answer ( sorry but been kind of away ) anyway i am doing a small goods yard shunting plank 3 industries and a run round scenic area is 83cm 38cm built in fiddle control area 38x38 cm progress is slow due to time constraints and life

Hi Decoder was out so was blanking plate on first try on 2nd try blanking plate was in it was just to check motor was ok Mike

Years ago when i was a young lad ( around 13 i think i am 73 now ) i had my first electric train set ( a triang TT goods set ) i soon started making a layout but as i did not have much room the ovals / curves were very tight and the hymack used to grind to a stop going round them so i opend it and cat a chunk out the body and the chassis , and then glued it back together, my old man had a fit,, but it worked , and whent round the curves no problem after that Mike

Hi I have several versions of Trainz starting 2006 one i even participated in the testing stages and got a free DVD and my name in the credits they have run in computers from XP and now Win10 no problems i still use them a lot and have a vast collection of add onès downloaded from the web at one time i was active with some guys and using the internet portal we send trains back and forth to each other great fun well worth the money Mike

Hi Nice I am at moment building a shunting yard but the thing with your type of track plan, it looks ok But when the engine comes in from the wide world, it arrives engine first ! but with no runaround it cant get round the wagons to depart Engine first rgds Mike

Hi No it will not read or write I tried with the Hornby Elite and with the Gaugemaster Pro also with decoder pro it comes up with XXX or 255 decoder pro can not even see the decoder I tried a reset still no go Mike

Hi So Problem is not solved but identified took the 21 pin decoder out of the class 25 and put it in the class 20 worked put the decoder out of the class 20 into the class 25 dont work dead decoder in class 20 , so next stop i think is to buy the Hornby TTS class 20 chip/speaker assembly and fit or a more expensive one from olivias ? Mike

Hi So its not the motor , connected a 9v batt across contacts and motor spins so that leaves (a) the decoder (b) the decoder socket 21 pin type Mike

Hi Thats quick i have a multi meter i have checked wheels to decoder socket and frack to decoder socket and it is ok checked from decoder socket to motor (1 anyway ) cant see the 2nd motor connection? how do i check motor resistance ? Mike

Hi I have this loco since it first came out, and it always worked fine due to house move , the layout was dismantled and stowed in the garage at the new house due to lack of space all the locos/rolling stock packed in their boxes ans stowed in the spare garage been like this now for last 3 years have just made a small shunting layout 6 feet by 20 inches, so unpacked a couple of locos to run on it class 80, class 24, class 20 all sound fitted but the class 20 will not run ?? completely dead no sound and no movement opened it up, can see no broken wires or any other visual fault removed the decoder and fitted the blanking plate to try on analog track,, nothing looked on the web for the decoder pins/connections but the colors shown do not conform with the way the loco is wired and i cant see how to remove the motor to check it out away from loco,,, in fact i can only see one wire going to the motor its black and goes to the top of the motor pickups are clean and get a reading with meter from wheels to decoder plug , so its not contacts ? was going to check motor with 9v batt but cant see 2nd motor connector ?? so at moment unsure if the decoder is dead or the motor is dead ?? any help would be appreciated rgds Mike

Looks a great plan did you do the graphics with a dedicated progam or by hand if software what ??? Mike