Hornby Q6 is added to the fleet
The Rede Valley Railway is finally getting the engines it needs to make it look authentically in...
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Category: DCC
More Thoughts on Sound
Recently I wrote about the idea of hiding an MP3 player within a building to supply a micro layout with sound. While technically this is a great solution it does raise one very obvious question. Where do I actually get the sound...
Read More(DCC?) Sound for the 300 inch challenge
One of my initial objectives for my micro layout was to incorporate sound. The intention is to operate with small tank engines and this gives the issue of very little room to install DCC sound decoders in the loco. My initial...
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Bootlace Ferrules
What is a bootlace ferrule? Answer, it’s a very convenient fitting to attach to the end of a...
Read MoreTurnout modification for reliability and DCC
There is a great DCC myth that you need to modify all your turnouts to work with DCC. This really isn’t true, and my Rede Valley layout has been operational for some time using PECO turnouts straight out of the box, mainly...
Read MoreWhich Railroad & Co products do I need to evaluate?
One of the key tasks for the forthcoming week is to start properly evaluating Railroad & Co vs JMRI. So far the hardest part is working out which railroad & co products I think I need. A readers of previous posts will...
Read MoreTrain detection and DCC – some armchair musings!
One of my reasons for adopting DCC was my requirement for some degree of automation of the layout, so that it could be operated single handedly in as near a prototype fashion as possible where using traditional cab control would...
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Using SPROG & Decoderpro3 to program a DCC Chip (Part 1)
In the last 2 blog entries I created a portable programming track and DCC fitted a locomotive. Now...
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DCC for Bachmann WD Austerity 2-8-0
Time to DCC fit the austerity, as promised. A change of plan though, the OPTI chip is too big to...
Read MoreA portable programming track for DCC
Want to test and program your DCC locomotives away from the Layout? I’ve built a portable programming track to do just that. It is also the ultimate plank layout! All you need is a yard of track, a sprog II to supply the...
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Gaugemaster OPTI series decoders
Inspired by Pete Goss’ layout “Rowlands Castle” (see below), I really must get...
Read MoreBassetlaw Railway Society
I’m currently working for a client in Nottinghamshire, and this has me located in the Retford area most weeks. Last week I went along to the Bassetlaw Railway Society, and before the evening was out I’d paid my...
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Model Railway Book Reviews
- Track Laying – Ian Morton
- Lost Lines East Anglia – Nigel Welbourn
- Diesel Hydraulics in the 1960’s and 1970’s
- Modelling Options The Book of the LNER Pacifics
- The Last Decade of British Railways Steam
- Rail Atlas 1939-1945
- Speedlink – Paul Shannon
- Welcome to our railway book reviews
- Developments in DC and DCC – Howard Watkins – Right Track 16 (DVD)
- Southern Infrastructure 1922 – 1934: Stations / Signalling / Trackwork
