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