Mike-Greg
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Just a couple of pics
not so good used my phone to take them
mike
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Looks a great plan
did you do the graphics with a dedicated progam or by hand
if software what ???
Mike
Distillery yard micro layout - back out on the exhibition circuit
in Boxfiles, Micro layouts & Dioramas
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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