Peter Beckett

Rod, Try this site https://www.freewebs.com/firebrigademodels/index.html Peter

The War diaries of the Ambulance Trains at The National Archives are worth viewing as are the Diaries of No 20 CCS This is what I extracted about my Grandfather W E Beckett 95834 Royal Engineers Movements from No 10 CCS Remy Siding via No 16 General Hospital Le Treport to Southampton Docks WO 95/4139/3 War Diary of No 31 Ambulance Train 9th October 1917 No 31 Ambulance Train arrived at Remy Siding at 7:15 am and loading of 471 cases was completed at 12:30pm and departed Remy Siding at 15:30 hrs. 10th October 1917 No 31 Ambulance Train arrived at Le Treport at 5:00am. He was admitted to No 16 General Hospital. WO 95/4138/8 War Diary of No 29 Ambulance Train 15th November 1917 Arrived at Le Treport at 2015 hrs and commenced loading a total of 414 patients. 16th November 1917 Train departed Le Treport at 00:12 hrs 16 November 1917 Train arrived at Le Havre at 0815 hrs and commenced offloading. WO 95/4031/3 War Diary of Base Commandant, Havre 16 November 1917 SS Warilda embarks to United Kingdom WO 95/4152/6 War Diary of SS Warilda 16 November 1917 2:15am Anchored off Havre 1:0pm Fastened at Quay 2:20pm Commenced embarkation of 584 cases 4:45pm Embarkation completed 7:30pm Sailed for Southampton 17 November 1917 2:15am Anchored off St Helens (I of W) due to fog 10:00pm Anchored in Southampton Waters 18 November 1917 1:00pm Fastened up at quay 1:15pm Commenced disembarking 584 cases 3:00pm Disembarkation completed

Yes, I have been there a few times as I have been a Warden at Talbot House twice (long haul from Oz but worth it)

Peter, Looking good. I fitted an Iphone speaker to the Class 25 chip and sound is terrific See you tomorrow arvo Peter

My grandfather William Beckett was at No 10 CCS at Remy Siding from the 1st October 1917 until the 10th October 1917 when he was transported by Ambulance Train to Le Treport on the French coast hence my interest in your model. If I did No 10 CCs it would be very simple compared to yours Cheers Peter

Peter, If he has a Loksound V4 then ESU do a Brit. I am not sure if its any good but its free so good for a trial Peter

Jeff, There are a few of us going by train BTW Welcome home! Peter

Thanks All, Its the R8249 with a blue spot on the chip and has a purple lead connected to the decoder but not the plug.(Purple Lead removed but there is a blank connection on the decoder) Cheers Peter

I will post pics tomorrow Peter

Hi, I have "inherited" a small Hornby non-sound decoder and having trouble identifying it using JMRI CV8 = 48 (Hornby) CV7 = 131 (????) Any ideas, please? Peter

I always use Kapton tape because of its outstanding properties Peter

Hi Brian, That did the trick. It must be an early Flying Scotsman decoder as all the cv's and function keys match that TTS Decoder, Peter

Brian, I am helping a friend tune his sound locos and he has a V2 2-6-0 that has a chip retro fitted. I wonder if in the listings you can help me identify the decoder? CV8 = 48 which tells me its a Hornby decoder, however CV7 = 9 Cheers Peter

Brian, the 2 main pages with CV info Peter Hornby P2 TTS File.pdf

Brian, I will scan the TTS Manual today and see if I can convert it into PDF file Peter

LNER 2-8-2 P2 Class R3246TTS cv7 = 1 cv8 = 48 cv158 = 0 (this cv not listed in manual) cv159 = 133 As per Hornby Manual also read using JMRI Peter

Hi Rick, Nice to see you in action again. Looking at the layout I think the next time I visit Blighty, I will pack the Garratt in. Cheers Peter

Doug and Jeff, Have we a time and place for Sunday as I can't find a reference in the emails? Peter

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Boris, Would you please pass on my thanks for the cleaned up webcam. The scene is so much clearer now that the "spots" are gone Peter in Oz

Last night ordered some items on my wish list at Hattons and it was GST free. I also ordered a specialist book from The Book Depository in UK which now attracts GST. (THANK YOU AMAZON.) Peter

I have been looking at the Hornby TTS manual and I will have to check my units tomorrow but I wonder if the default value for CV29 needs to be changed. This is what the manual says "Bit2 (Add 4 to activate) is used to control whether the decoder will operate on both DC and DCC layout control. By default both forms of power are enabled. It is recommended if only running on a DCC controlled layout to turn off DC operation, i.e. CV29 = 2 if only changing this feature of CV29." Peter

I was wondering if anyone else is a user of the Digitrax system and has this problem. I have 2 x Class 31's, 1 x Class 40 and 2 x Class 9F's that occasionaly without any prompting suddenly start moving without any throttle commands. The Hornby TTS decoders are the only ones that have this behaviour and I run Digitrax and Loksound decoders as well and they dont have this problem. I dont run DC on the system. Looking forward to any suggestions Peter

Peter, I have some so you can pick it up at the May meeting (My place) Peter

In LMS Engine Sheds Vol 3, Rose Grove (23) was fitted out with pumps and tanks for 2 oil burning locos stationed at Wakefield. They worked between Crofton and Wyre Dock and many Rose Grove firemen were trained in their operation. The project was abandoned before a drop of oil could pass through the Rose Grove plant. The 2 locos are not identified. HTH Peter