Yelrow

simon is setting up his own consultancy and advisory business, but will still work with hornby for a further 12 months. He has issued a statement on the net to this effect, john

leaving aside my dutchesses, castles, and diesels, i am left with 6, no 062 tanks, all with upright armetures, and brushes either side, 2 no 264 black locos, 80054, construction, same as others, an 8F , and a silver king, 10 in all, need to pick a guinea pig. Any views, john

Tradman, hi, good to know you have converted 3 rail locos, Son of T, thats also good, if you can remember which ones are a nightmare, that would help. Alternately, i can list mine, and forum can advise which to avoid. It was never, and still is not my intention to convert all 3 rail, as my wife would prefer me at home, rather than in an institution, for demented souls. I would like to do one initially, just to prove my state of mind, and my ability to solder. Would like to know about these magnets etc. Some of mine have ringfield motors, and what i DONT want to do, is to damage/devalue any of engines, as they are my childrens inheritance. So how do i proceed, answers on a postcard, john

now understand power collector, but chocollate block? will look at other things, pity you dont know where we are, as nearest shop is 35 miles, in any direction, but do have ebat, france, and germany. I have bakers fluid, kinda old but it works. Will continue to accumilate. john

Raven Electric, thanks, have just bought some nem harnesses, and will look at 8245 chip. Have already got points decoder. Looked at maplins, but as usual postage to france, NO. cAN BUY 1 FROM EBAY WITH BUZZER. uSB LEAD ALSO NO GO FROM MAPLINS, BUT ARE LOOKING AT cONRAD FRANCE. What is a power collector ?, new to me, unless i call it by another name. You, i belive have not used elink, where writing to CV1, can be a bit of a lottery, due to my lack of knowledge. Apparently, much easier on elite. Still, we are some time away from that. Fishy , had already spotted the more powerful chip, sorry about the pun. Wil remove bodies from locos one by one and photo, as just for a start, one can be chosen as easier. I have read about problems with ringfield motor, insulation, and i have several of these. Most old locos, have round carbon brushes with holders each side of motor, eg dutchesses, 060. 462, and i have a lot ofthem, but take your point about age. Thanks again for your ideas, john

Being the person, with the most to gain, as i run more 3 rail than anything else, thought it sensible to start a new Thread, enabling those who were bus ing, etc to continue, and allowing the purists their chance to learn about this new to me, groundbreaking possibility. I am hopeful that this will reduce typing, whilst allowing the critical advice needed for an old git, to come ,in words of a few letters. I have servicing schedules, and am obtaining photos of insides of all locos, as intend to use elink, plus hornby point motors etc, with their access decoder, together with hornby chips, unless, someone knows better. There are a few people on this forum, who are very knowledgaable on DCC electrics, and their may be those, readind but not joining in who run 3 rail NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD 3 RAIlERS, OR THOSE WITH INFORMATION TO IMPART, TO COME TO THE AID OF THE EXPAT. thanks, john

my problem is i have no interest in shunting trains into dead end sidigs. I have presently5 continuous tracks, plus 2 more dcc, plus tt and n gauge, so can run9 trains at once. Having just bought a TGV, now need a longer run, as these things really move, and feel it makes sense to run it as designed. Dcc will allways be a tad restricted, as i have a big 3 rail layout, and do not wish to devalue, by converting to 2 rail. If you look at the forum under layout ,you will see a 50 foot layout. If that was continuous my TGV would be in heaven, yelrow

hi, RAF 96, layout looks good, what size is your baseboard, yelrow