Chappers

Here is the Hiawathia on the crossing whilst at Warley

There are various HO renditions too, in brass and hybrid. Recent runs include a Broadway Limited version and one by MTH with working 2:1 levers.....in HO. It is also worth noting that there were 88 of the prototypes - most other 12 coupled locos were one offs or very small classes.

The layout is NCE throughout and control was tried with bot Powercab, Procab and CAB06 controllers. As I don not have a layout or test track at home I will not be able to try again until my next visit

I am having a baffling problem. I have a Lilliput Cl62 (DB 4-6-4T) which I have decided to fit with a decoder (NEC DS15SRP) which I was given for Christmas. After I fitted the decoder I tested the loco on a DC section of track before placing it on a programming track and programming the number. The loco responded properly in both places. I move the loco to the main line of our club layout and loco will not respond. After a short time it may begin to move (not slowly) but not necessarily in the direction it was being commanded and would then not respond to any stop, change direction or any other commands. This is obviously very disturbing and unsatisfactory. I have placed the loco back on the programming track and it will once again behave impeccably. I was also able to operate the loco normally for well over half an hour on a DC layout with the chip still installed. Back on the programming track with the help of another club member with Decoder Pro was able to read the decoder with no errors and program CVs. We switched back to the main-line and the erratic uncontrollable behaviour returned immediately. Finally we programmed the address to a completely different number, wondering if there was an address conflict. Once again it behaved fine on the programing track and DC but uncontrollable on the DCC mainline. Have anyone encountered similar problems, especially with the same loco or decoder? I am at a loss what next to do, especially as disassembling the loco to remove the chip is a very intricate and potentially damaging process. Any advice gratefully received