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I'm not sure if RAF96's comment is a joke or an insult, so I'll not react to it.

@Margate - 7. Before the conversion, the loco was cleaned and serviced and running perfectly at low speed on DC.

If you use solenoid points, you might find you need ONE CDU as well, it gives a bigger 'kick' to the solenoid, to ensure it switches cleanly. You only need one CDU for the whole layout.

Have you removed any/all capacitors in the TRACK? If you have used power-connecting tracks, they have caps built in. If you've hard-wired and soldered, then that doesn't apply, of course. Were you using an ultra-sonic track cleaning device before? If you have not removed it, that can kill your decoders.

Any hifi buff will tell you that to get big bass sounds, you need a big speaker and a powerful amp to drive it. You cannot fit a 30" bass driver, which also needs an acoustic chamber, and a 100 watt rms amp - into a tiny model, no matter what it is a model of. So - you have to use your imagination, and pretend you can hear the low sounds, just like all your little plastic people that never move - have to be pretending to do things.

You might find that your Scotsman will not go round radius 2 curves. I think, if you have the room, you would be better calling your existing track the 'inner', and adding an 'outer' of radius 4.

Does anyone else find this constantly popping up pop-up annoying? I don't want to subscribe, but there seems to be no way of turning it off!

@Howbi - I look in now and then, but see the same old questions repeatedly coming up.

Which Evening Star? The 9F steam outline, or the Type 66 diesel? The R number would help.

Obviously the fun police are around again, and fail to understand humour. Ok, I'll go away. Goodbye

While not MODEL rail, a cab-ride vlogger on You-Tube insists on English being used in her chat-room, even though she is Norwegian! (although she does make the occasional comment to someone in her own language). I gather that some of their training is done in America, so English is a requisite for potential crews.

What do you mean by a 'turnround' at each end? It seems that dc running on the decoder has not been set to off, and Maud is responding to a noise spike, either dirty track, wheels, or pickups, or a dodgy wire connection could cause this. If you power up the select, with Maud OFF the track, then put her on, does she immediately shoot off at speed? - The numbers displayed on the Select, on power up, are just telling you what update status the controller has installed. (Edited for typo's)

Are you meaning the socket (the little box the coupling plugs into) or the coupling, has broken? Are you sure it IS broken? On some models, the pocket (box) is designed to slide from side to side, for going round tight curves.

Don't touch 'lead-free' solder, it is a pain in the derrierre to use, needs a hotter iron, and doesn't 'flow' readily. You can buy tin/lead multicore solder just about anywhere, in assorted length reels, and several different diameters. Loads of choices here - https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=electronics+solder&_sacat=0

Not in position! I was wondering how you were going to go through the blue wall! 😛 A bit of straight track after the hinged flap might be less prone to derailments. Trying to get track to stay in line on a curved lift-up is always problematic. I appreciate that is only a sketch! You could add muddy wheel marks across the centre of that roundabout, to show where a boy racer failed to make the turn!