Thanks Bob, that is BTW my favourite song of hers!

The prize IF there was one goes ri Moonglum for naming one of Rumers songs if they had spelt her name right there would be 2 runners up .
Well done Tim .  
Bob

Oh dear!

It's a lovely sunny winter Saturday morning. A quick trip to the dark side (my other train set) was in order.




I think I feel an Inglenook coming on. Will have to swap those 'ahem' couplers.

Mark

Quote from: Train Waiting on Yesterday at 10:48:02 AMBy the way, the polo-necked presenter chappie is vaguely familiar.

@Train Waiting
He must be famous or something. He has his own website. (I bet he doesn't have trains!)
https://www.jackpizzey.com/

Mark

Quote from: Moonglum on July 09, 2025, 08:51:24 PMAfter Black Sabbath here is something a bit smoother. This band have been around for a while and were on the GRP label @kusojiji , I have quite a few of their releases but haven't listened to them for a while...

The title track from their third album Natural Elements is also the theme tune to BBC TV's Gardener's World.

Tim

Awesome! Thanks! Yeah, love them. And that bass rift.

I have Sounds from St. Lucia DVD and had a laserdisc of mixed artists with them on it. I don't remember the name of the disc, though.

Quote from: port perran on Yesterday at 09:12:58 PM

Quote from: Bob Tidbury on Yesterday at 09:09:24 PMI cant afford a prize for everyone who guesses what I was listening to today but I bet a lot of you will know .
Bob

I have heard a rumour 

Martin beat me to it.
@Moonglum Wow, Tim. When I first heard 'Yessongs' I just dismissed the band as an awful live act, but The Band Geeks blow them away. Super stuff, especially 'Roundabout'

Been away for a while (work must) and now have a couple of runners back from repair/chipping

Couple of questions

(i) I sent this message to Revolution Trains. Much as I love them I find they rarely respond:


I have a Pendolino Virgin 390 set

It was working fine controlled by a ROCO Z21

Now one driving car (the other is fine) cannot be read at all on the programming track, or comes up with wild read CV numbers like 255 or 64, but will not set a CV. Should I try and reset this drive car, if so how?

My main question that is not in the instruction sheet is how do I go about removing the bodyshell so that I can test the DCC chip. If it is faulty what would be a compatible DCC chip with the drive car that is working?

(ii) My repairer has rechipped two sets of Dapol Voyagers that work fine, save no lighting in dummy drive cars. Similar question is, how do I remove the bodyshell on these and presumably I should have asked for an extra DCC chip in the dummy cars/is there a cheaper option when the DCC chip is only powering the lights or does it have to compatible with the chip in the powered drive car?

(iii) my repairer wasn't able to help with

- DCC install on a Graham Fraish Silver Fox A4 (no socket)
- repairing and chipping a Tomix Thomas and Percy with micro DCC chips

Re Thomas and Percy I've contacted Wickness Models sveral times (they specifically advertise this service) but never get a reply from them.

(iv) Finally, I started pinning down my Kato track, cleaning it and testing. I have a Kato double switchover that was working fine with DCC Concepts decoder. Now that it is secured closer to the baseboard, the electrical switch (powered through a Roco Z21) only seems to work to switch both sections back to the straight on mainline. The mechanics of switching to crossover can be heard in the point, but mechanically the switch doesn't take place.

I'm reluctant to open up the point as they are expensive and delicate, and it was all working until yesterday!

Any tips of any of these probs, much appreciated!

Sorry Bob, I am too "Slow" to guess and win!

Tim

Quote from: Bob Tidbury on Yesterday at 09:09:24 PMI cant afford a prize for everyone who guesses what I was listening to today but I bet a lot of you will know .
Bob

I have heard a rumour