Hey, that’s my cycle route into town! The top section goes into tunnel at a super steep grade. Donald Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Late in the day, but I’ve just caught this post and enjoyed the vids. Some great modelling and despatching going on there - thanks for sharing it...
Great link thanks. I don’t know the first thing about railroads in Chicago even though my own Portobello and Joppa North Sea Coastal n scale road...
will do. I have a r/c controller to hook up in due course. In fact I have a lot of gubbins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] the loco is a Bachmann 44ton...
1hr 35mins of continuous running at a fairly constant speed pushing the two cars shown in the videos took the little setup to a grinding halt....
well the running trial on a fully charged battery is now at 30mins and carrying on... a few short video links (hopefully these links are...
Sorry - it’s a 3.7v single cell battery. Hence the 5v booster. ( it’s all unknown to me really!) Donald Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
40mAh. I think it’s a single dell - it’s just one wrapped up thing with 2 wires coming out! It’s about 12mm square. I’ve a 5v booster to keep it...
thanks guys - I have just took out the board altogether and unfixed the power leads from the board. good idea re the screw fixings for the wires -...
Hi - I'm just jumping into this old thread to ask anyone has any good experience/ideas for running one of these on a PWM DC layout? I am trying...
I worked on construction of the Docklands Light Railway in London, mid 80s. We didn’t believe it would be driverless- but it was. I think they...
Looks like the Copenhagen, Denmark metro? Which is driverless. Donald Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Nice video, thanks. That’s some grade up to the bridge - unless it’s an illusion. Can you tell us how steep it is? Sent from my iPhone using...
Thanks for the pics Kev. Those beasts used to scare the daylights out of me as a child. I rode behind them a good few times in the early 80s...
1988 - just before health and safety was invented...[emoji51] That’s an astonishing manoeuvre - how does the guy hanging off the rear platform...
I am impressed that you could ever quickly and flawlessly re-rail your stock, and jealous of the early years that you must have spent enjoying...
The old (96?) Atlas GP40 is noted in Spookshow notes as having occasional individual models that show this same behaviour, slowing extremely on...
*bump* Anyone done this, tried this yet? Thanks! Donald Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Yup. And the Bachmann online shop only offers the 2018 shell as a shell - if you want to buy a loco you seem to get the old model. Sent from my...
Hi all Anyone know if/how to swap out the old Bachmann GP40 body shell for a new 2018 model? The old chassis seems a little wider than the slot...