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Can all this loco's lights be rewired to get them to illuminate on a non-dcc model?

Today some of the track I ordered arrived and I was able to test the loco and am pleased to say that it all works OK and the slow running is excellent. As an aside the track that arrived was Peco's ST U750 and ST U751 (both as rare as rocking horse ****) both work on DC control very well with excellent slow running across the full length of the points in al routes with no hesitation. If I had realised O gauge was so much fun I wouldn't have spent so much time and money on the treble O, N and OO gauges layouts I have previously owned

That's encouraging. I sure the Prairie must be heavier than my 08. I nearly bought the Gaugemaster offering but was able to get the track I need plus 8 wagons, the 08 and the Combi for not much more than Gaugemaster is asking. Thank you for a quick reply.

In my haste to set up an O Gauge "Inglenook Sidings" type of layout I appear to have bought the wrong controller. I have bought a Gaugemaster Combi with the intention of powering a Dapol O gauge Class 08 shunter. I can return the Combi but was wondering if it will be sufficient for the relatively small amount of movement the locomotive will make. The entire layout comes in at about six feet something and consists of three sidings and a headshunt hauling a maximum of 4 Dapol tankers and a Dapol guard's van at any time and usually less than this I have the loco and the controller but do not want to open the controller packing if it definitely will not power the loco.

I recently bought this layout on eBay with a view to copying it and make improvements along the way. As part of a "new to railway modelling exercise" I have used electro-frog points and followed DCC concepts guide on wiring but am baffled as to what they mean by wire the frog to the SPDT switch common return - I assumed they mean the switch centre position which I have done but my frogs remain dead. I have no shorts on the layout but no power to my frogs - help please. It is DC and I only have one loco an Airfix Prairie. I have used insulating rail joiners on the back track but am unsure about the front track as powering the long straight will power the points from the wrong end so I have fitted insulated rail joiners to the both routes from the left hand points.