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  1. Is this on both the program track and the main?
  2. My Prodigy Advance power supply is labelled 15vDC 3.5A. Track voltage measured on same MM is 14.6V
  3. I did the same with mine. I think the wire I use came from a picture frame hanging kit from a bargain shop.
  4. The DG couplings suit my method of working my passenger terminus without any loco shuffling or hand of god. I have fitted the couplings with the loop on each end of a rake of coaches and the latch on the locos. Two magnets are sited in each platform, the first one at the entrance and a second one just over a locos length back from the stops. A loco brings in a train and passes over the first and second magnets with nothing happening as the coupling is in tension. At the stops the loco sets back where the second magnet unlatches the coupling and then draws forward again, uncoupling. A pilot loco attaches to the rear end and draws the ecs out passing over the first magnet where again nothing happens as the coupling is in tension. It then propels the ecs into the departure platform or carriage siding and as it passes over the first magnet the coupling unlatches leaving the pilot loco to uncouple from the stock wherever in the platform and retire back to it's siding. A new loco couples to the train to depart on its outward journey. It also works with a loco release, having the magnet just beyond the fouling point of the turnout/crossing.
  5. I hope this doesn't mean they are turning it into a working toy like Bachmann did, which significantly increased the price.
  6. They are not blinkered, they will be looking for something more to their interest. Not everyone is the same as you.
  7. I was unaware of that, I thought they had commissioned them from other manufacturers
  8. They will have to be careful about becoming a 'manufacturer' and putting Bachmann's and Hornby's nose out of joint.
  9. Which is why they made it easier to make the wiring modifications for those who want to do it.
  10. The couplings are huge, I wonder why Hattons specified that size. Having a stash of shorter couplings in pockets I tried fitting one but found it would not fit into the fishtail housing due to an extra bit of moulding I had not seen before, I had to use the supplied NEM pockets.
  11. Whilst it is true that 'special wiring' is not 'needed' it can make them more reliable.
  12. Easy, just carry on walking. I don't need blinkers, my first glance tells me if it is what I came to see.
  13. Free At Last

    LMS 10000

    I imagine this being posted in a Bachmann topic caused the confusion.
  14. Is there a reason for the cut out in the truss? If it had been underneath, the bogie may have cleared it.
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