mmie353

Is this seller Model Irish Railways? If so, what are they doing in their range at the moment, or is everything through Ebay? 

Yes sir when I had my test track hooked up, I had a DC controller on that for testing all my locos, I did swap the DCC blanking plate to verify that there was no issues with the one that was in the loco to rule that out. From what has happened with some of my models, I know that I need a rolling road to hook up to DC when I get a model that is not DCC fitted. Soon as I have a chance to check on it again and troubleshoot the circuit, we can see what is going on. 

I must get it on a table again and take another look at it. I had DC power to the track and I had crocodile clips connecting from the track to each terminal on the motor, not at full power but the motor came to life, I was troubleshooting it in DC as I never placed a DCC chip on it yet. If it will not work in DC mode, then no hope at all for DCC. I spent like a few minutes on it as I was testing out each loco I have brought. I have been collecting locos since the baby GMs were launched by PM so to get them all testing, I did not have time to stick with it as I wanted to get the test track taken up again and I figured, I will get back to it.  

4 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

I know a man that has some......

Ships to the US? I may need a week or 2 but yeah for sure I am interested. 

@murphaph thanks dude, I did not reflow the solder but I figured it I am going to attack this thing and if I can get a diagram for it, I would spend a few hours on it and look at doing that and if that failed, move on with a meter and start looking into it. It is dead, the loco will not move, I jumped the terminals on the motor with DC power directly and the motor ran so that is why I am thinking there is something up with this board that is in it. We shall see but I need to get a rolling road as I had some test track up and that is all put away for now, once I have that done is when I will be looking to take another stab at it. 

I know that I also would like these, at that price... nope.. Still keeping an eye out if I can get it at a reasonable price that Bachmann Irish Railway train set... Did anyone fit a DCC decoder in any of them? Is there enough room for a sound decoder? 

I appreciate the comments on this one, I am interested in both options a standard board with the 21 pin interface or hardwired. My intention is to get all sound decoders for all my locos, eventually it may happen. Keeping both options open right now, hardwired or get a standard board that will work with my 141 and from there get it going again. I am looking for a board that I can connect up the loco lighting again on it as I do not want something that just wires to the motor and the wheels to a adapter for the decoder. I am looking to get that 141 working by the end of April but I am not in a rush as I have a lot of other things going on at the moment. I may get a fit and decide to troubleshoot why that board is not working.

Actually while I am on that topic, would anyone by any chance have a circuit diagram for that board? If it is a component that is defective or if there was an issue with one of the tracks on the board, I could maybe solder a wire on it to jump the defective track? On the board it advises it is a bachmann ba035. 

While I was bored, online looking at some videos on youtube, I saw this one that pertains to a new board that I thought would be interesting as I need a replacement one for my 141. The dude in this vid mentions a new Loksound board coming out this year with built in stay alive. Anyone know anything on this one? This is the video I was looking at - 

I have not made my mind up yet as I am thinking on it. The TPO is a train that I have always liked to model. 

Is there any model in the Bachmann range that would have a similar board to the one in the 141? It would be something that I could also consider. I do not have a DCC decoder yet for this model but if I get it going, I will be looking to convert it to DCC. 

On 4/3/2021 at 1:07 AM, murphaph said:

Assuming no spares are available after all these years, it would be relatively straightforward (if you can solder) to replace the original Bachmann PCB with an aftermarket one. 

For example:

http://www.esu.eu/en/products/accessories/adapterplatinen/21mtc-adapter-board-2/

That is an interesting Murphaph but if I can get an replacement board that is working, I would of course prefer that. Also, with the lights on the model, if I had to go down this route, I am looking at this: http://www.esu.eu/en/products/loksound/loksound-5-dcc-direct/. I do appreciate you finding this one and bringing it to my attention

I am wondering, if there is enough interest in the Cravens in a re-release, when would we be looking at an ETA for them? 

I too am interested in spares for one of these, the issue with mine is that the circuit on the PCB board, needs to be replaced as I have tested the motor and the motor works, just something is wrong with the PCB board. 

2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Anybody have a link for those of us outside the country to see it?

https://www.rte.ie/player/series/prime-time/SI0000000825?epguid=IH000400707 I was able to view it here in the US, fair play it looks nice

Lol I wish I could have picked a couple of more for the re-run question.. 

If the GSR 800 class locos came out, I would have to dig deep. I would look at any Irish steam loco, preferred would be GSR. That is tough to do a run of the 800s as they were small in numbers.

When Accurascale decide to go and release an LMS or LNER loco, I will have to take a look....  I was going to say if on that one.. The manor looks impressive, it sure looks like it will be an awesome model. 

Hi, I am wondering if the amount left per item will appear again on the website, I think since the .co.uk website came online that this disappeared. 

Hmmm... interesting to know, I was actually starting to think of looking at getting a new DCC system in 2021 at some point. I was actually looking at NCE at my local model railway store yesterday as they had them and Digitrax. 

I would also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and stay safe

Well besides having issues with my sound on my MM0121, these are pics of the lights I have from it, I am not sure if they are correct that is bothering me. Please feel free to advise

I did read the MM website and it does state that you should go to the dealer where you got the locos from and I did that, he got back to me very quickly and is working with me on this. I so appreciate that he got back to me so fast so hopefully I shall know more in the next couple of days

This is the other end dude and I did get it wrong, it is the left one that has the issue from the other end. I am willing to fix the stuff myself if I am allowed to, it would be easier than sending it back to Ireland. Not doing nothing until advised further

I have gotten 3 of my order for 121's a couple of days ago and one of them MM0121 has no sound coming from it, swapped decoders and still nothing from it. Also a strange color on one of the LEDs from MM0125, the LED on the pic for the right hand side. I just emailed my vendor so see what I can do being in the US on this one. I just hope that the rest of them from what I have ordered are ok. 

I only saw this today for replacement for Lima and Hornby motors, https://www.strathpefferjunction.com/product-category/ringfield-motor-conversion-kits/lima-replacement-motor-kits/ wonder if it would be any good to anyone that has a Lima 201

I would agree with everyone advising lubrication. I am unboxing my locomotives out of storage at the moment on test track and I am putting a little lubrication on the gears to ease things. I have a couple of locomotives since the 90s that I running in again. It is making a huge difference to each locomotive. It would do no harm to open up and make sure everything is ok with the model