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I'd love to be there but I'm working. Damn!!!

Thanks guys for all the information and help. 

On 21/2/2023 at 11:41 AM, Galteemore said:

Peter’s Spares ? https://www.petersspares.com/

BTW I contacted Petersspares and unfortunately they did not stock these. But all credit to them they got back to me within minutes of contacting them.  5* for Peters and Hornby. 

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone knew how to contact Murphy Models for Spare parts. I am looking for a set of Bogies for the 5102 MK2 Coaches. There are no contact details on the MM website. Alternatively if anyone has a spare set of Bogies with the Couplings I'd be interested to hear from you. 

I temporarily fitted the IRM Sambre ET MEUSE Y33 Bogies but as you can see in the picture they are not the correct ones for this coach.  

Got the bogies today. 

Barnadown Model Railway

On 25/2/2023 at 2:04 PM, Wexford70 said:

You can try Hornby also 

Thank you I did contact them and they were very helpful. Just waiting for the bogies to arrive in the post now. 

11 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

Peter’s Spares ? https://www.petersspares.com/

Thank you appreciate it. 

Hello all, just wondering if anyone knows where I'd be able to get 2 sets of bogies for a Hornby Pullman coach. The Couplings on my one have broken off and I've tried to stick them back on without any success. I just want to replace the complete units on either end of the coach. 

3rd Video published today. Backscene & Inlines installed.

I’ve published my second video. It’s an update to the first planning video. Had to redesign the layout because of some errors with inclines. Hope you like. I’ll try to keep the videos to a max of 10 mins from now on. Sorry the first video was way too long.

Thank you folks. The software is only €49.00, not too bad I suppose. 

Hello folks, 

I’ve been fiddling about with my railway model for a few years now but finally had enough time to start planning it internist. I’ve started a YouTube channel to chart the progress of construction for this model railway which I am calling ‘Barnadown Model Railway’. Here’s the first video of me planning using AnyRail. I’d appreciate your constructive criticism as it’s my first video and want to make this channel as informative and entertaining as possible.

thanks for watching.

Ok thanks guys I’ll give that a try tomorrow

Yes, it sounds two horns.

latching set on, how would I switch that off?

Hello all,

just wondering if anyone has had this problem. I have the class 121 mm and the horn is constantly blowing. I tried to reprogram / reset using cv 008 to get the horn off but it just doesn’t work. Any help would be much appreciated.

On 3/2/2022 at 3:54 PM, Galteemore said:

If you have large quantities of serviceable 100 in stock and want to use it in off-scene fiddle yards etc….

So would it be better to use code 75 or code 100 for the main line running of the trains? 

On 24/1/2022 at 11:53 PM, DiveController said:

The Hornby is code 100 and the conductive and insulated joiners above will join them. But Peco also does a code 75 track and if you need to mix them on the same layout, there are joiners that will Segway the two different height rails together. You might do this if (say) you had existing track you wanted not to waste and placed it in tunnels or on a ‘behind the backboard’ fiddle yard etc. but wanted to join it to Code 75 track that you had selected for use in the main viewing area as it looks a little better ( more prototypical height) 

Out of curiosity, and I maybe showing my nativity/lack of experience here,  why would you join Code 75 & 100?

On 23/1/2022 at 10:55 AM, BosKonay said:

No Hornby only do code 100

Thank you appreciate the clarifications

On 19/1/2022 at 11:24 AM, Broithe said:

The code is the height of the rail in 1,000ths of an inch. There are adapters to run Code 100 & Code 75 rails into each other.

Peco SL-10 joiners will do the job of joining Code 100 lengths together.

 

SL-11 for the insulating joiners.

Thank you appreciate the response. So the Hornby is the code 75 I presume. 

Hi guys,

Just wonder if you could clear up an issue I have. I bought standard train sets from Hornby which provided the track and rail joiners. Now as I'm expamnding my model railroad I have purchased Code 100 Peco Flexi track. They did  not come with rail joiners and was wondering what is the size / code i should be ordering to allow me to join  the Hornby tracks to the Peco Code 100.

Also whats the difference between Code 100 & 75?

Thank you guys I appreciate the advice and will take onboard all when buying the couplings. 

For those of you who may come upon this thread later looking for the Knightsbridge thread here is the link to it

Hello all,

I want to convert my Murphy models from the standard couplers to Kadee couplers. Just wondering if you have any recommendation on which Kadee couplings to use on the Class A 056 and the Class 121 murphy models and coaches. 

I've seen there are a number of different sizes, 17" to 20", which ones should I use for best results? Has anyone used the magnetic uncouplers also, are there any issues with these? 

21 hours ago, Noel said:

Another vote for NCE Powercab. Easy to use, easy to programme locos, fabulous handheld cab ergonomics especially for eyes off use and sound locos with lots of functions. Setup the option button as shift and you have quick access to 26 functions. Throttle control via buttons for rotary knob, best of both worlds. Their more expensive Pro Cab system is basically the same, but is a 5amp system designed for larger layouts. IMHO Powercab would suit most Irish layouts and could be expanded anyway in the future if more power was needed (ie via booster), if there were to be a lot of locos running simultaneously on a layout. 

I have the Z21 too which is a good system, but just for me personally I don't like using smart phone touchscreen user interface to control a loco, its difficult to shunt due to the need to take eyes off the loco to look at the phone screen to position fingers, and more awkward to precisely control throttle setting sliding fingers on touch screen rather than the eyes off tactile feed back from a cab with physical buttons or knobs. But I know many folk who love their Z21. There is the more expensive black Z21, and the less expensive white Z21 which is sold on ebay as its removed from Roco starter train sets. You can plug Multimaus physical cabs into Z21 system for folks who prefer buttons.

The Lenz 100 system while a little dated is good quality and popular in Europe. Gaugemaster Prodigy advance (MRC) also popular, but personally I don't find it as easy to programme as the NCE and don't like the smaller buttons on the cab.

Have a look at as many systems as you can and suggest try a few if possible by visiting clubs or friends layouts. Once you hold a cab in your hand you'll know in an instant which is the right system for you. Don't be tempted by overly expensive systems like the ESU eCos 50200 with a lot of complicated functionality, looks amazing and as a tech geek I was drooling over it, but a games console system cannot be hand held.

 

Thank you everyone I appreciate the advice and I will definitely go for this. 

Noel you mentioned that the 5amp one if better for bigger layouts. The layout I'm going to build will be quiet large see attached image, which I'm in the planning stage of right now. I presume you would recommend the Pro for this or not?

Hello all. I'm relative new to the whole Railway modelling community. I have some experience using's Hornby's DCC Railmaster software to control my trains but I'm finding it frustratingly annoying as it will not work with my Class A model which I recently bough. To this end I'm thinking there must be a system out there which is simpler which I could use.

I'm pretty proficient with computer so I'd like to have something I can use on my laptop to control the DCC system. So far I've been looking at various options including the Bachmanns Dynamis System (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YgH37S-lxM&t=230s) or using iTrain (https://www.berros.eu/en/itrain/) software. 

The iTrain software would need a lot of other equipment to connect the track to I presume whereas the Bachmanns does not. Am I correct in this thinking? 

I'd like to get your thoughts on which systems would be best and of course affordable for a relative new comer to the the whole thing. I'm open to suggestions on other systems besides those mentioned above.

I'd love to try before I buy also so if you know of anyone or company which would let me do that I'd appreciate their contact details. 

All recommendations welcome and thanks in advance for your help.

Diarmuid in Kilkenny.