NIRCLASS80

Friday evening freight!

2 hours ago, Arran said:

HI All

Not Ireland but Middlesbrough "Not the posh part of England shire" 

Did the Bell bulks ever run in Ireland ?

 

Regards Arran 

 

Here’s a video. 11minutes 10 seconds 

I have noticed them in videos on YouTube about Irish railways. I will try and find them

4 hours ago, Broithe said:

"When" - not "if"....

Definitely

9 minutes ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:

Boys toys arrived...

 

Enjoy your programmer.  My advice is always save the original sound file then as you make changes use the “save as” option, so that when you mess up you always have something to go back to quickly!  

I must admit I set up the sound decoder functions to suit my own preference as I found that there was a lot of sound options not used. So mine are simply as follows.

F0 - Marker lights and light master switch

F1 - Engine start up / shutdown 

F2 - Horn

F3 - Drive Hold

F4 - Main headlight (F0 must be on as well)

F5 - Coupling sound effect

F6 - Rear Lights (F0 must be on as well)

F7- Coasting

F8 - Cablights

F9 - Guards Whistle

F10 - Rail squeal

I can’t be bothered with anything else. 

24 minutes ago, irishthump said:

Great videos! What decoders are you using in the 201's?

The 201’s are fitted with a Loksound Select.  These decoders came in Canadian models that I purchased over the years and I just swapped them between the locos. They have all the functionality of any Loksound for lights etc but you can’t edit the sound files so no horn sound!

Easter Pway duties

The Murphy 121’s have got a 21pin arrangement and the standard Loksound V5 chip will fit.

Paddy showed me this at Warley and Explained the fact that the internal circuit board had to be redesigned to accommodate this.  
The original board design was scrapped after the model was assembled it was found the chip wouldn’t fit within the body!

This was one of the factors that has delayed the model. Paddy was very willing to share the challenges of getting the 121’s right and I enjoyed our 5 minute chat that lasted an hour!  

071 on liner turn at Ballyercall 

1 hour ago, Edo said:

Hi Guys

I thought there was a mention of another run of the Ballast wagons in the near future....................

Is it still on the cards?.... and if so any rough idea when they might land .....just getting my Railway Piggy bank lined for the next while!

Thanks

Ed

 

I know that a couple of days ago IRM Facebook had started to canvass for interest in buying these to see if a new run was viable. 

156 takes over in style!

Baby 177 struggles into Ballyercall!

10 hours ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:

Hmmm i wonder if the 20-645E3 would be even better?!

Yeah it might be worth a try. 

1 hour ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:

is it an EMD645E sound file?

Yes but I am pretty sure it’s the 16 cylinder one. I found that Using the file from the larger engine gave a better howl at full throttle!  

2 hours ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:

what chip/speaker combo is that?  sounds different to both of mine (which sound different to each other!)

Its a free download sound file from ESU with a Irish horn style added. I just edited myself. The speaker is also upgraded from the standard one. 

GM 073 lifts the fertiliser out of Ballyercall 

For some reason it’s seen as a bit of a weird hobby by many in Ireland. Yet after moving to England I found work colleagues and friends far more interested and certainly no longer viewed as the train weirdo!

2 hours ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:

Draper Tapers! And very nice they are, too

Yes the Red Barns are nice and the Bowser model is lovely unit. Thanks for the comment 

Ok I can’t believe it’s so long since I posted anything!  Well during our lockdown I decided to put sound in these two bad boys!  Canadian railways are my second addiction!