Christopher-1214885

Hi All trust you are well. My challenge at the moment is that Hornby have discontinued the R8238 RLM and the Gaugemaster DCC40 requires you to switch off the Railcom in order for you to use there unit. Are therev any other suppliers compatible with the Hornby Elite? Mod note - the question about alternative RLM devices is covered in the RLM guide often referred to on the forum. The DCC40 instructions here make no mention of Railcom. https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/magento/media/downloads/dcc40.pdf

To the Moderator Thanks for the heads up re use of name. Makes sense in a large forum of people. I will make the necessary change. Thanks

Hi all thank you for your contributions and advice on the platform width issue. Much appreciated. Was particularly interested in the comment regarding the use of express points. My intention is to use flexi track wherever possible to minimise the number of rail connections and small filler rails such as Hornby R610.

Hi, I am busy planning an 00 scale layout utilising Hornby settrack and would like to get clarity on the gap required between two opposite Skaledale platforms with a double track in between. I am somewhat confused by various information provided. In the Hornby catalogue track section the centre to centre measurement of the rails is indicated at 68mm whilst the British Railways Modelling standards Bureau who have a very useful cross-section between platforms { Fig. 01} indicate 50mm centre to centre of track { dimension P }. Whilst I realise that the width of wagons and overhangs of locomotives vary this is a huge disparity in information and I would appreciate some guidance on the subject. My platforms will be on a straight section of parallel track. Thanks

Thanks for that feedback and the photos. This is exactly how the loco looks. Will check out the base plate and let you know.

I was given a Class 3F Jinty 0-6-0 No, 24 S&DJR as a gift and after investigating discovered that some were factory fitted with decoders. As I am about to embark on building a layout which will be DCC controlled I wanted to ascertain if the locomotive I have has DCC fitted. The Hornby box that it came in was labelled R2882 as part of the Railroad range and the locomotive is a very dark blue/black in colour with gold coloured SDJR lettering on the tanks and the numeral 24 gold in colour with a red outline. There is also a small logo on the right hand side of the cab entrance which appears to be 3P with 3G directly underneath. Can anybody throw any light on this identification and the DCC issue. Thanks Chris