NIRCLASS80

MV duly ordered. Can’t wait. Excellent choice and I would imagine IRM will be watching their popularity to decide on future projects for the Irish market.

The Hunslets in superpower mode!

These sound absolutely amazing.

Behind that lash up you would expect 150!

MV!

Attended this show on Saturday morning. Great crowd there supporting the show but one thing that stood out was the fact that every layout was running. All the operators were busy doing their best to put on a show. All too often layouts stand idle at shows while operators have a chat. Again congratulations to all involved and for showing the hobby at its best. Also thanks to the organisers UMRC for all their hard work.

I used the drivehold function as well and it is very effective but the new functions give it a touch of more drivability. I tend to run with medium acceleration CV3 = 90 Deceleration CV4=150 Now this means from full speed the Hunslet file would likely take over 2 minutes to coast to a stop! So this is were the brake function comes in. Using The Lokprogrammer I set the Brake1,2 & 3 on the file to simulate a light brake application, a service brake application and an emergency brake application! The brake values on the file I set at 120, 160 and 200 accordingly. I also modify the function list to include these. I use the Z21 app and include a screenshot. Clear as mud!

Yes drive hold, but the heavy load and brake features now available on ESU Loksound decoders have almost made drive hold a feature used less by myself.

Ballyercall. Home of the Hunslets!

Hunslet in action at Ballyercall

101 on ballast duties

An chance of delivery soon?

My little take on the Park Royals. Really well executed model.

Correct Dangerous

Late departure from Belfast due to buses in Belfast being delayed due to the marathon.