Jeditommo

Thanks for all the help, given me a bit to think about

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could suggest a steam era shunter that would be heavy/powerful enough to push/pull the gaugemaster track cleaning wagon. I am contemplating a class 60 diesel but was wondering if there was anything steam era that might do the job as £180 is a lot to spend to just push my track cleaner around.

Have now resolved this thank you 🙏

Thanks all sounds good so will give it a go.

Have just fitted an R8249 to my loco and the direction is reversed so when I select forward it goes in reverse and vice versa. How can I swap this around, I am using an NCE powercab. Thanks in advance

Thanks for all the info will certainly follow your advice.

Clearly it is decoder issue as when on the track the wires get instantly red hot and the black cover on the chip seems to have melted in parts. I now need to remove the chip but it appears to be fixed down by some tape or something, is it safe just to pull this up to be able to fit a new decoder.

Well I certainly think it’s a decoder issue and am going to replace it, as it came prefitted I am a little confused as it the decoder has the pin socket but the rest is wrapped in black plastic which is then in some way taped down, is it a matter of just pulling it off the tape and then replacing it. As a novice regarding this I do not want to do more damage. Have posted a photo of what it looks like inside.

Yeah tried to reset it but it constantly says it can’t read the decoder, also when I place this loco on the track none of my other trains work, once I remove it the others all work fine again

I purchased the above model with a pre-fitted decoder, it would seem that the decoder has blown as the train no longer responds yet works on dc with a blanking plate fitted. I was wondering if it is still just simply a matter of replacing the decoder or is it in some way different having come pre-fitted. Any help appreciated.

That certainly seems within my limited capabilities lol. Thanks for the tip certainly seems like a good idea asyou say it isn't something I will be using every day

I have just completed my track layout and am looking to use one of my sidings for a programming track. If I put isolating rail joiners coming out of my point would this be good enough to isolate it from the rest of the layout? I know you can set up some kind of switch to isolate it bu that looks a bit complicated to a novice like me. Thanks in advance