roythegrass

I watch the experts place locos on the track and it takes a couple of seconds , with me more like a couple of minutes and with lower back problems it can be difficult straightening up again. So I’ve built a single track extension behind the backscene and accessed through a tunnel enabling me to place locos on the track whilst seated. And it’s worked a treat! Roy /media/tinymce_upload/e3a685136cda4270069e8b214e940da5.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/7b0fa6ce372dff418cd4966dcef19ecd.jpg

I take your point but the locos in question were DCC with all the bells & whistles and very expensive so I doubt anyone with DC would buy them. I guess the retailer has to be overly cautious.

I have several DCC locos all fitted with Seuthe smoke units and also a Seuthe 22 set into the baseboard under a Triumph Herald with the bonnet open simulating an engine overheating, see photo – this is powered by a switched 12V battery. The used ‘smoking’ locos were purchased from a very well known seller whose online description can be misleading when they say “...do not use without smoke oil.” When I first tested the smoke unit for the car it was filled with 3ml of smoke oil and it ran for approximately 3 minutes without heating beyond at most moderately warm and could certainly be held between the fingers . However as soon as the smoke emission began to diminish the unit was switched off. Similarly those smoke units fitted in locos are also filled with 3ml of oil and the function number activated and then switched off the instant the smoke diminishes.Obviously they will overheat in the absence of any smoke oil in the chimney! So from my experience locos fitted with smoke units are perfectly safe to use without smoke oil providing the smoke function is not activated which is not the same as the caution “...do not use without smoke oil.” Roy Roy /media/tinymce_upload/0c9d03f3e700f71463d1bd15bb62b56e.jpg

Hornby R3215 Class 373 Eurostar withDCC (didn't bother with sound - not that good in my opinion) again very impressed. Roy/media/tinymce_upload/d180e43fb199db432ec171df085df88b.jpg

Hornby R3308 Silver King (silver jubilee) and coaches with DCC and sound. Very impressed. Roy/media/tinymce_upload/9b31d9d78c648cc9fe7978920461e657.jpg