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To get everything working on a 201 you will need a 6 function decoder or else you could do some rewiring on the loco circuit board

Do even the "faulty" circuit boards work with a 6 Pin decoder do some still need modifying?

Hi

 

I see that Bachmann's 21 pin decoder (36-557) now has 4 function outputs. Would that do for 201's and run the cab lights as well. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the old 3 function 36-554 would work in 201's but that you just wouldnt have cab lights.

 

Has anybody tried this combination.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that would only give you cablights at one end.

Has anybody counted the rivets..?

Did'nt get the chance....

I think only one window frame was in IE colours - maybe two; not all four.

Saw her arrive in Connolly on Sunday and she has 3 windows in the IE colours.

I did'nt use a template myself. I used various pieces of MDF all cut to 50mm width and used those to space all my track. For curves usinf flex track I just made sure not to make the radius any tighter than 2nd radius setrack.

Seems to have worked ok so far!

Had quick look at Colbert on Googlemaps and counted 6 141s in and around the station. God bless Google for not updating their images!

Hi Driver, welcome aboard!

It will be great to see an Irish layout in N gauge.... Plenty of pics please!

Assuming your using OO gauge then the distance between track centers should be 67mm. That is when using normal Peco or Hornby settrack.

The distance can be around 50mm when using more gentle curves and points, but should always check that your longest pieces of stock can pass each other on your tighest curves.

Wonderfully neat work!

Those little "contraptions" as you call them, I imagine the leds are for route indicating? Can you give us more info on them?

Hi, Signal and well to the forum!

Although I don't own a 201 myself there have been documented problems like the ones you are experiencing. Here's a link to a thread about them http://irishrailwaymodelling.com/showthread.php/449-MM004-Chips-for-201-s-problems

I'm sure some the other members can help you out...

You can only program with the pro box and its €200

You can write to all cv's with the Dynamis, but you need the Probox to read them back.

It was around €80 for the four. I wasn't impressed to find they are not programmed. I have the basic Dynamis so I'm changing it for an NCE Power Cab.

But AFAIK you can program CV's with the Dynamis can't you?

You can but then they're the correct lighting patterns to worry about! Maybe I take this too seriously....

Well that's not a problem as you can map the light functions to suit the consist.

fran, just out of interest, if you wanted to doublehead, why not remove the motor from one loco?

You can always set both locos to the same address.

I wonder would he be able to add a manual "notch-up/down" feature to the 071 and 141/181 chips?

Not sure what DCC controller you are using but have you tried resetting the chip?

It's easily done, write a value of 8 to CV8. That might sort the problem.

Like the lads if that does'nt work give Gareth a shout, he's very helpful and will sort it for you.

Programming on a separate track is always the best way to go.

I would agree.

I have a siding set up as a programming track. I have DPDT switch which allows me to switch it from programming track to main track power so I can drive a loco onto the

programming track, switch over to programming mode then drive it back out.

There is also a "dead" section in between the programming track and mainline. This length of track has no power when the switch is set to the programming track which stops a loco from driving onto the track while it is in programming mode. Apparently this can really bugger your DCC system if it happens!

Thanks for all the help lads...

So I imagine those water/waste pipes are commonplace? I have seen more primitive ones in a lot of station pics.

Not too sure about inchicore of heuston, but I ve pics of the one in Waterford if thats any good.

Cheers, man! That would be great!

I am not sure about fuel more likely water, power and sewrage connections.

 

One of the interesting things about the Heuston rebuild is that the services for watering, fueling and cleaning the trains run underground through a system of tunnels under the 6'.

Thanks for that info, Mayner. I had a hunch that I might be wrong on that one!

I'm looking for some reference pictures of refueling points for my own layout, are there any at Heuston or do locos refuel at Inchicore?

Lads,

I was looking at the picture below on Eiretrains and I'm assuming that those are refueling points between the tracks.

Would I be right?

http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20H/Heuston/slides/Heuston_20090508_052_CC_JA.html

Hi Gar, I think it was about 10, 15yrs. ago, & it was a 141 I think,

191 went AWOL at the North Wall in '91. (Something poetic about the way that sounds!)

Crashed into some buffers and caught fire I believe.

Lovely work so far!

Is she a DCC layout?

suppose it would work on any

Except the older Hornby mk3's, these are too short for the brass etched sides. (I'm assuming you're using Weshty's kit.)

I agree, even the smallest of gaps will give it a sense of space.

Where did you get the wall sections? Are they plaster casts?