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thats it...... Leo n gang saw this entire post and decided to lock us all away and confiscate Daves last face mask, as its the only one left in the whole of Ireland. 845pm,,,to-nite 27/3/2020 total shut down in Ireland for Cov-19,,,,, 9.05pm Garda arrive at notorious train robbery in Santry, 9.30 Dave arrested for hording IRM models, for having 30 boxes of cements. 10.30 pm dave released, Garda realise he will never do good behavior.

whats this, stall of books at station?

Hi George. even on farms where biodiversity flourish, some hedgerows have to be cut back. but the newspaper piece argued that due to destruction of nature, whats left is forced into tighter communities and virus cross between species, then wild animals get eaten , bought in wild meat markets and disease spreads. hence why we need to protect biodiversity as opposed to shooting all the crows, for a functioning natural environment, would have such problem so often as now a days. have just divided up my layout into many blocks, using nearly 100 Isolated tracks for current sensors, isolation is a term i have been very familiar with all winter, what most dont understand about many farmers is we mostly isolate through the winter, and most were itching to get out to the land to plough, or whatever, but its been so wet. no we can, we cant really socialize and tel each other how crap a winter it was..

thanks , after reading the guardian article I sorta feel everyone gonna rush out and shoot crows, or worse, all the crows, so much biodiversity is lost, stuff that we could have used in global healthcare... even the amazing biodiversity of track side in the past century is gone, fires from locos, used to control vegetation and created a diverse transient flora, much of which is gone, what remains on old railways tends to be woodland flora in shade and gorse/furze or shrub in sun., the short term grassland meadows, filled with colorful annuals and biennials is gone. I notice irish rail is sowing wildflowers back into some waste ground instead of spraying it.

i am still shivering from the time i met you last year. it wasnt the mask

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It turns out the kids santi set had 3 hornby pullmans, if ever i get to bashing/making the models, this is one conversion i could see my self attempting. if only matching the colour.

oh dear, lima has a charm, no fuss, great for kids, i addressed lima 'trainism' b4 in another post. rant rant rant. its like the modeller with the real scale prototype railroad in his garden, everything done in small scale and plastic to them is also plastic 'cr or what ever your having your self'. perspective. peace and love to lima. the only trains to run high speed when testing tracks, if they tumble, no damage ever. so poplar r lima i oncd stood in front of daves bray stand to find two lima lovers, n Dave and me, thats nearly a lima club!

as, DCC block occupation wiring is nearly finished, as i look around the entire room and find i am 360 surrounded by wires, i think i run an earth (unattached to dcc) up the outside wall of house to stop near height of the window. but away from window,i dont know enough about electrics, but if i dont attract it, by installing earth , if it does hit, at least it has an outside route to ground, as opposed to the sockets if i dont connect it to anything, bar the wall, i can expect lightning to hit there before this monster model rail of a lightning collector goes bang. i live in a lightning active area in uplands, often when fork lightning down the valley, we have low cloud fill with sheet lightning. i have seen everything electric blue in misty clouds, house, cars trees, people covered in glow. maybe i take up origami instead.

not so bad, the farm gates are shut the everyone, we isolated the business, the family are hunkering in, n occupation blocks 23,24,25, n more are now finished, after two resisting under board wires due to 50cm baseboard off floor, one tight corner was getting hairy wirey'' so i went under the base board with wiring. ran into an old bus, i think it was the 46a.

Now that I know about him he is clearly a ferroequinologist, and in an Irish context a FRYrroequinologist

Turns out the 'Ex' soviet union 'wanna bee' flyovers are not spying on UK defenses. They trying to figure when the A class will be delivered. .

yip, to above,, since i started looking up the history of trains, it dawned on me, that the cargos were often very bad for nature, environment and people, even coal wagons are today replaced by conifer forest wagons, which most say aint good either, mine ores and spoil, nuclear flasks, ammonia fertiliser, peat and ash, the day old chickens, beet n cattle were safest.

un-twisted occupancy detection wire, a question about boosters? and too many beers and out with the reverse loop Today, stuff moved on, i finally got a definitive answer as to twisted occupancy detection wire, as i suspected, Do not twist the wire between dr4088lnsc and track, as the negative - blue wire is common and that goes everywhere, except back to dr4088ln-sc , which is really only for positive wires, contrary to a youtube vids or two. The blue wire joins the command stations twisted main bus and is split out before the dr4088, i just mount a block on the wall and connect all the commons up close to the main bus, not far from the pos + wire going from main bus to dr4088's, (dr4088's come in a few varieties, In my case its DR4088LN-CS) So there I was bent over in the tightest of corners most of the afternoon, i managed to wire up 7 runs of block wires, all soldered and coated with insulating paint. the next four to do are inner tracks, more ceiling space for me!. I will have more blocks and sub sections to do, but the work will be far easier to reach and work should progress faster from here on. I took a photo of the work which i hope to upload someday, its shows the cramped space. the multitude of wires that cant be tidied until all 16 wires return to a dr4088. i t reminds me of spaghetti with anchovies. Boosters Dr5033, There's no point in adding boosters if the track work dont run everything correctly, so for now the power plan is being kept simple, one booster on which to test tracks and not burn out command stations as i start up the system after testing. Looking at the spaces i left for boosters, figuring out how many i really need, the original plan was 1 x command station with its built in 3amp booster and 1 x booster mainly running the clusters of turnouts dotted about. the plan was running 6 trains at once. but the capacity of track space to run from 12 to 30 plus locos with lights full on in yards. many turnouts, steep rising tracks 2% plus, and cobalt SS surface motors, sorta worked out at 5 boosters x3 amp or 3 x 5amp , still not certain, but in looking at all that , its better to leave the scalable up option designed into the wiring than do what many seem to do, rip it up again, as i had to do in parts, to reduce boosters, I scaled back somewhat. before the beer, i ripped out the rising reverse loop, for i long suspected the best place for the drama of the reverse loop was to have it hidden behind a tunnel. so today, the route i had planned in the first design was ripped up finally to match the latter Itrain layout, shown somewhere above on this page.. some day i can build a reverse loop as there is space in the east attic, but its no longer required due to block occupancy, it was in place to reverse a route where the mainline 'A down eventually got stuck in a tight dead end'. All in all, Thats one less booster at the west end where there is no longer space for mounting accessory space. a productive day.

great photos, thanks, your photos captured the craft of modelling, back in the days before laser and internet, how did ye manage at all? i take me hat off to those who went before, i have seen some criticism from the laser squad of how 'un-prototype' some old models seem. In this new age, where exactness wins over craft, its clear each model in you photos has a charm of its own and tells a story. Something many of my new model cannot do, maybe if I ever get to weather my newbees, that may change. The craft of toy making is as highly skilled as any. Some of the models above both show toy and modeller all in one, simply charming, once again thanks, I loved this page.

sorry to hear that, often when we glorify old industrial times, we tend to forget those who paid in suffering. even today, with all the health and safety there's still work that takes its toll.

no, just means your using .lead. in solder wire or flux,

translation of above, i am hot and sweaty in the attic corners with the soldering iron full on, coughing due to fumes in corners, even with a wee fan on, splutter splutter goes the solder, troll translation, wayside has virus, turn off iron and go to bed. Dcc translation, if incorrect signal from track, it may not be from an isolated, track, or the signal may be too week, some decoders make engines cough and shudder as they slow down.

if i dont get c-19 virus, i may still self isolate so that i get at least 2 weeks isolation to finish my layout wiring.. as i write i have a cough cough, splutter splutter, .and ..'i'm hot and sweaty,' --- "In that case, Wayside, isnt it time you turned off the soldering Iron!"

update : i just read, "there is no minimum distance between bus wires; they can even be twisted. The frequency of the DCC signal is not high enough to cause cross-talk between the wires".. . yet , elsewhere from trusted Dcc sources , it says separated bus wires cause interferes with radio, being a different signal, and if space the wires from track to dr4088, thats not recommended either, there is no consistency in whats online. but i will keep on searching for the 'g'rail.

Dear jhb171achill i forgot to say thanks for the 'impressive' comment. so thanks, you have always responded to my questions and posts, and i consider you a real gent and a friend on IRM, David Holman also contributes to many posts including mine and his photos of models are amazing, i now gotcha re, fry-esque, model railway, woops sorry, i saw it years ago, and cant wait to see the new layout. sorry if i sounded off, i thought you ment fry as in car programs, whom i dont watch and know nothing other than 3rd hand news that i cant be bothered to listen too, see for years i asked a simple question, do wires from rail to dr4088 current detectors get twisted as is recommend for all buses. but never got any answer anywhere, on any forum. and still haven't, after above post, i hoped i would get answers but like fishing one must wait,,, i think i know the answer, but so much of what i thought i knew about trains, turned out false, yes i am a very frustrated , i just want confirmation, cos i work alone mainly on this layout, all the clubs are too far away, other than kids who run the trains , its mostly up to me., and as the layout is taking massive time resources, and i kick my self i dont have a proper space to work in, , and i actually feel overwhelmed by the task, but keep doing a little every day if i get free time. not being able to test cos all the power is off is really frustrating, .. thats due to lack of space in which to build, as tools are spread over tracks, so no power , blocks didnt help, cos the power has to go off everywhere at once to work over the tracks in such small space, its aroom i know i am lucky, but 4.5 x 3 is small.. theres enough to run trains with 4 people,just., 3 is better, ..... I know i did stuff wrong, but solving those problems is my joy. such as using washed playsand and pvc to ballast the layout, that works, provided its done well,, and wiring mostly over the layout boards on top of the layout as opposed to under, has benefits, as well as drawbacks. Having punched holes into old attic roofs, if this layout doesn't work, having ripped up the same layout that did work , i will have to really kick myself, while repaying the 2nd mortgage i took to pay for the trains.

These days i am a country bumkin, although born in dublin, n worked in bars till late teens, and consider my self having been very streetwise when younger, neither nosebleed nor fry-esque are terms i know, are they slang?, were they slung, was i slonged. if nose bleed relates to high altitude, really? i am suprised, fry-esque, i dont watch racist bigoted boy programs with car toys, if thats what you mean, so i couldnt say, i did have to ask what fry-esque meant, no one here knew. if you read closely you will see that my writing is carefully crafted to show up on search engines, the text is filled with blocks of words likely to be searched by googlers like I looking for further info on DCC block occupation. i even save my photos, often with have searchable names. I hope the issued raised spread some light, there is shortage of dcc stuff everywhere , but tonight that ends for DCC4EVERYONE by mark gurries and others has got it own platform and finally divorced itself from yahoo, who spy on everyone, and are blocking opensource generated emails, in Bill Fences, mick ro softys campaign to wipe out open free coding and open source projects such apachie open office, mozilla and linux. even though that mega company run their own servers on open source code, yet force their customers to use non open source code, Android is open source, Bill fences is not. good riddance to yahoo, i bet that the groups numbers double from 2.5 thousand in the next few months, as all of us who refuse to use mikrohard rubbish.. . will now log in which is what i will do now, see you on DCC4EVERYONE at https://groups.io/g/DCC4EVERYONE and IRM, both great spaces... last night i posted links to upto date DCC such as frpm james from DCCtrainautomation

DCC guru Mark Gurries has fully migrated the old famous forum from Yahoo to https://groups.io/g/DCC4EVERYONE quoting Mark Gurries, he wrote and posted the following today, "DCC4EVERYONE: General DCC discussion support group for all Model Railroaders covering all DCC brands. email DCC4EVERYONE@groups.io Hello This group is for all DCC enthusiast. There is no manufacture bias of any kind, by the owner or moderators. The list is international in nature. This list is about DCC and DCC products. Feel free to discus any maker of DCC products. Do not hesitate to post here. It is a friendly place, with a bunch of good people who are always willing to help out. There is no dumb questions here. We believe all the major manufactures have a place in providing their products to enthusiast. That different products fit different people and that there is no one best system for everyone, just a best system for you. Hello DCC4EVERYONE members, The migration of the DCC4EVERYONE support group from Yahoo to Groups.IO is now complete! The move was forced by Yahoo’s choice to eliminate files and photos storage and strip down features of the group. There was also Yahoo’s deteriorating track record of being able to providing timely message delivery to those who used email. Independent Groups.io was founded in direct response to Yahoo actions with the added goal of improving service by creating a more modern platform for us to communicate with. We have 2729 members that have been successfully migrated over including all of the posted messages, files and photos. I am now shutting down the original Yahoo group. This transfer has not come without an out of pocket cost of your group owner/moderator. A fee of $220 was paid to Groups IO to perform the migration. A 'Go Fund me' page has been setup with a $220 limit. If you also feel the material in the DCC4EVERYONE group was worth saving, and would like to help pay for this cost, here is the link... https://www.gofundme.com/f/dcc4everyone-group-migration-to-groupsio?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 If 10 people gave $10 each and 24 people gave $5 each, we will hit that goal and pay for the transfer fee." end of official statement.

My forth winter constructing the 4.5 x 3 attic layout has resulted in breaking up the power blocks into train detection or occupation blocks usually about 180 to 220 cm long, aiming to run rake sizes, circa 5 or 8 coaches and 14 to 22 wagons, which meant a re-design in parts, moving 3 turnouts so the occupation blocks, had space to fit trains. I have been getting quality support and up to date qualified advice from 3 main sources, James in Dcctrainautomation, his latest Jan 2020 uploads include fab pics and screen shots, (which for someone who spent most of the winter trying to figure out the writings, the pics saved my life.) i had a section of the overall wiring plan wrong, but found out just in time. see https://www.dcctrainautomation.co.uk/blog/itrain-and-dr5000-and-block-control.html as i hadnt started laying out cobalt ss point motors or switching. so i hadnt really started to learn about turnout motors, but i did need to understand the wiring in advance. so seeing James new uploads really helped. The Digikeijs support forum is growing fast, not only for the Digikeijs dr5000 command station but also for all accessories, and since i using dr4088Ln cs, i keep revisiting. to check i have it correct, pity its a difficult to navigate blog https://groups.io/g/Digikeijs iTrain computer control, is fun, easy yet complex, and the support forum is a laugh, since few speak english, so you sorta have to be careful what you say and where you place stuff , https://www.berros.eu/itrain/forum/ but the Uk DCC blogger, on the iTrain forum called 'Lian' is a star, he explains stuff like few can and is very committed, in print, drawing, photos and video, he chats with everyone stuck with Dcc train automation. the Itrain product web is https://www.berros.eu/en/itrain/ You dont need proprietary products, its all free in JMRI open software arendino and rasberry. as i knew nothing i bought the stuff, but its not click and go unless you know how. Screenshot shows lowest level finished and built but being rewired layout on Itrain screen. the bottom left end of track circles are links to the next tab, next screen shot, the 2nd and proposed third level, including space for 10 track standing yard, as yet unbuilt. Anyway, the layout on pc is now subdivided into more stations, to make the automation more interesting.. the real layout is undergoing serious re-wiring of many sections, I had to do this prior to hopefully installing turnout motors. and figured out, just in time, that if i had to make blocks long enough to fit trains in a /entre/ occupied-break/stop-break subdivides of the power sections. some more turnouts may have to move I started up again in November, lucky i had notes from last winter, and ya know, i starting to learn stuff, so unlike last winters total struggle, i was able to start wiring the 80 possible blocks with confidence, and deal with what ever appears due to unseen possibilities. Installing Dr4088Ln Cs Digikeijs loconet current sensors is easy, yet posses huge problems for a newbee. We are told to twist long run bus wires, about radio interference within wide spaced pairs of wire, how two wires together cause transfer of data and interference. ... a red light went up and those poor wee model workmen in orange dayglow went back into there box, halt all works The wiring is not what it says on the box, there can be a lot of wiring when using current sensors, luckily i now really enjoy wiring , a few years ago it was doing my head in. where does the negitive blue of blue and brown pair go, ? if not back with all the single feeds to track,,? Some blocks are 300cm long in total thats 16 wires running to 1, 2 or 3, sectioned power blocks. (making up a power block of 3 sub blocks or sections,) and that could be 16 individual block or 5 x 3 sensor blocks 15+1= 16 inputs on Dr4088lncs, thats a lot of wire, and no where on the internet does it say twisted or not from track to dr4088lncs.. yes it talks about twisted buses everywhere else... At as the common wire (-) is not returned to the dr4088lncs, then there are loads of places where I was running single long 1.5 wires and cursing the day I ever read about interference to misa's precious radio. i even started listening to internet modeltrain radio, to avoid interference, while doing hours of re-wiring i have to admit, this is highly unlike me, i am starting to act strange in relation to this train stuff and model rail radio. as i have no power connected, I have no way of testing, (you say , 'just turn on one section at a time') but the space is so small the works tools solder tracks wire and loads of other bits are all over the layout as i have no where else, so its wire the entire layout, clean up, then test section by section. screenshot shows level two and three and unfinished standing yard to store trains .. itrain Blocks. the blocks have to be considered and designed, first is an ,'Entre' section, its short, but long enough for a long loco without train to travel clear of points and send enough occupied signal with good track contact. the next section, which is called 'Slow down', 'Occupied' or 'Break', the length and speed value of train and length of track are used by Itrain software to calculate and run the loco smooth and slow, ready for the third and final block, the 'stop block', , Screenshot show close up of finished blocks. the dark red lozenge marks the sensor track, the white block in the track=the name of the block, blocks do not include turnouts only one of my stations lines has four sensors to represent a station in JMRI, which has different rules and controls. In Itrain stations also have different rules and controls. Block design the 'stop block is, usually placed before a signal, (signals are along way off on my layout ( but i will get one cheap signal to set up to let me know what to expect and keep the wiring plan flexible for signals in the long term ) .. the final block is the stop block, it also has to be long enough to allow the train to stop, esp' where you want it to stop, then you have to imagine the same block from the other direction if its bi-direction track route. so enter become stop and visa versa, many blocks just have one sensor other two, each gives different results. The software does the rest. well almost... the following pics are my first attemps, i am getting tidier as i progress each dr4088 instalation Generally 3 sensor sub sections on one block is used in stations, two for signals where the stop section is long out on the mainline. but many layout its seems can only fit two which is a common standard.. whatevr, theres alot of wires running 2 or 3 metres from each dr4088,, the negitive (-) track is unbroken in the block but isolated at each end usually next to turnouts, the + side of track is isolated into sections in the blocks at again at both ends of total block. each individual current sensed wire is brought to a choc block and a thinner wire connects to the dr4088lncs above pic is right way up, dr4088 is upside down , but it does not matter , this is the first in the loconet chain, beside the main board for dr5000 and Z21 next to laptop, below, setup to choc block while was waiting for dr4088 to arrive by post, which it did in rapid time, above, 1.5 brown + positive wire run from track sections back to dr4088 below, connection into each of 16 terminals, i need to improve my wiring and have no copper showing, but when i turn on the power these will all be disconnected, trying the tracks one at a time, so i will fix the problems then and label each wire. below, stuff all over the layout, the lima and hornby wagons are used to test tracks without loco attached, nor power on Since November i have advanced my knowledge somewhat, i have worked out how many boosters i will need and when and where i have to install them including which dr4088's go with which booster in the double isolated boostered power blocks, i have decide that my original plan of having all groups of turnouts on one booster is correct. the mainline will run mostly off command station built-in boosters, as that run of track is i hope least likely to have shorts circuits, I still dont understand why i dont need circuit breakers, but theres no rush. I received my first IRM wagons, 42's, ferts, plough, cements , taras and spoils. these are mostly still boxed, as are all my stock, until the track is fully functional, that could be a few years yet. but as spring arrives this farmer, hs to get back out so if i get some track and stock up and running this year, it will be a bonus. the kids are busy playing computer games so they have forgot about train for now,,as per comment above this post. thats the update on installing DCC block occupancy train detection, using current sensors on current sensors Dr4088Ln Cs Digikeijs via loconet . thanks for reading...

hi, whats still available for sale?, sorry i missed this post,