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what hunt couplings are vbeing used on HST rakes? I don't know much about them, are they magnetic?

I have this problem too with the power/dummy car not coupling very well. As I am still building the layout I have only been running the power car on 1 metre of peco flextrack to test it but is back in the box until later. I will be looking to see if there are easy fixes for when the MkIII coaches arrive.

Thanks for letting me know about the running numbers. for a while I thought that the factory had put two power car bodies in the train pack. I will also need to find out about the headlight configuration 2/1. I am assuming that there will be correct way to show the headlights. this was never a problem with my OO HST train set (with one coach)

I have just been running my DCC fitted TT120 blue/yellow HST 125s. I have noticed that both units carry the same class number 254 004 on the front. Surely they should have different running numbers?? Doe anyone else have two traction units with the same number? the E numbers on the side are different (E43062 / E43063)

this looks like a very reasonable alternative to cutting off the female jack plug

Thanks Rallymatt, first time using the forum too, so unsure of where things are. I will try the PCE powercab route first but i don't want to blow up the Decoder I am fitting to the A4 William Whitelaw at the weekend.

I watched this yesterday and was smiling all the way through the video. a great chat between Peachy and Macstrains

Being a newbie to the hobby , I have a question which may be a bit odd but hope that someone can give me an idea on how to get power to the tracks while using the HM7000 system. I have bought the Hornby P9300 DCC power adapter and want to contect it to the Peco track via soldered wires. Is it possible to cut off the jack plug, and then conect the lead to positive & negative wires soldered to the track? If I bought the R7324 15v power supply adapter and cut off the track plug, that would be the same. I also have a new PCE Powercab that I bought at the Warley show in 2022 (before HM7000 was anounced) and don't know if I can use this to power the track and just use the HM7000 app