Show your Latest GB Loco and Rolling Stock Purchase.

[Bealman]

Ooooh. Brewery wagons, David. Yum yum! 

[trainsdownunder]

Well I sold my GS4 Daylight Southern Pacific after some deliberation and immediately replaced it with a new

Broadway Limited Imports E7 AB set.


http://youtu.be/VdFwIKPB1fY

Was it a good decision -- you bet. Love this new diesel and the sound it generates.

But wait there's more........

Not only did I get the Daylight diesel but also managed to get a deal on a Santa Fe set with sound in both A and B units.

Total damage for both the Daylight and SF sets ...... $400 inc postage

The decoders produce all the usual noises. However something I wasn't aware of is the extra sounds that are mapped to the function buttons.

Ever hear a loco sound like a chicken ..... Listen to the video.


http://youtu.be/Wi9WSlClgns


http://youtu.be/jjAK35US9sE

Yes the decoder did play farm noises, city noises, freight yard noises and announcements.

The complete list of standard sounds/Functions (link to manual http://www.broadway-limited.com/support/manuals/Paragon2%20Diesel%20Operators%20Manual.pdf)

F0 Front Light/Rear Light
F1 Diesel Bell
F2 Diesel Horn
F3 Coupler Slack/Couple
F4 Compressor / Dynamic Brake
F5 Ramp Diesel Engine Up
F6 Ramp Diesel Engine Down/ Startup
F7 Ditch or MARS light On/Off(if equipped)
F8 Volume/Mute
F9 Startup Diesel Engine/ Shutdown Diesel Engine
F10 Radiator Cooling Fan
F11 Air Filling/Air Release
F12 Brake Set/ Brake Release/
Brake Squeal
F13 Grade Crossing Horn
F14 Passenger Announcements
F15 Freight Announcements
F16 Maintenance Sounds
F17 Radio Sounds
F18 City background sounds
F19 Farm background sounds
F20 Industrial Background Sounds
F21 Lumber Background Sounds
F22 Toggle to second horn
F23 Reserved for some cool new  feature.
F24 Cab Light
F25 Rule 17 light dimmer.
F26 Play record macro
F27 Record Start/Stop
F28 Brake Squeal

[Oldun]

This is my latest, will it fit a SR set up:
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- - - yes of course it will, Rule 1 don't you know 

Roger

[Malc]

Nice one Colin, lovely locos and an interesting set of sounds.

[scotsoft]

You must have deliberated a long time to sell your GS4  such a beautiful loco 
I still have mine plus I got the Kato Alco A+B Units 
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That Santa Fe is surely a mixed up loco with those sounds 

cheers John.

[trainsdownunder]

That Santa Fe is surely a mixed up loco with those sounds 

The "enviroment sounds" are quite good but are not overly long which whilst great for a bit of ambiance get a little lost because of this. I suppose with use of the recordable Macro facility it may be possible to trigger them at appropriate intervals/layout position.

Macro Recording (F26 and F27)
When operating in DCC, the operation of the locomotive can be recorded and later played back. To use this function, press F27.
Press F26 to replay. During replay, the DCC controller cannot control the engine. To interrupt the playback, either interrupt track power, or press the emergency stop
button.
CV 238 controls the number of times the recording will repeat, between 1-14 times by setting the value to 64 plus the number of repeats. Setting CV 238 to 79 makes the recording repeat indefinitely. The timing of the loop can be shortened by setting CV239. Its range is from 0-255. Each number shortens the loop by 0.1 seconds. The engine contains a pre-recorded sequence. To load it, set CV8 to a value of 10. Then press F26 to play. This works well for demonstrations and will repeat ndefinitely if CV238 = 79.

[SymonC]

Just won this little lot on ebay for £165!




All 4 locos are in perfect working order!

[NeMo]

Just won this little lot on ebay for £165!

Someone's going to have a fun weekend! Looks to be some Minitrix stuff in there... and what else?

Cheers, NeMo

[SymonC]

Just won this little lot on ebay for £165!

Someone's going to have a fun weekend! Looks to be some Minitrix stuff in there... and what else?

Cheers, NeMo

Minitrix Evening Star

Minitrix BR Blue Warship

Graham Farish A3 "Prince Palatine"

Graham Farish 0-6-0 Industrial Loco "Robert"

8 x Graham Farish Private Owner Coal wagons

1 x Graham Farish Brake Van

3 x BR Maroon coaches (1 brake, 1 full brake, 1 first class)

3 x GWR Suburban coaches

Selection of track

Several buildings

Track Plan book

A few people

Pack of track pins

A few cars

etc

[MinZaPint]

Delivered today, one of Dapol's reruns



I had the straight tank but wanted the slope tank as well  good build up to my weekend excitement!

[scottmitchell74]

Just won this little lot on ebay for £165!




All 4 locos are in perfect working order!

Wow! That's a jackpot. Congrats!

[Sprintex]

Got myself a Bachmann Farish A4 

Sold as 'used' on Ebay but looks like it's hardly been run:-







Nothing to run with it mind


Paul

[Newportnobby]

Nice to see you getting another steamer, Paul
You really need to get the N Brass replacement front bogie wheels though. It hugely improves the look and from what I've seen of the curves on your layout you shouldn't get any running issues either

[Sprintex]

Would that be this item?

http://www.nbrasslocos.co.uk/ylnebogie.html

Does look good  No worry about curves as this won't be running on Hasford Blacklock


Paul

[Dr Al]

It hugely improves the look and from what I've seen of the curves on your layout you shouldn't get any running issues either

The A4 is by far the most difficult to convert, curves or no curves, as the bogie clashes (specifically the flanges of the front wheels) with the body on the front valance underside. A huge amount of material needs removed and the wheels must clear this, given the body is electrically connected to the track through one side of the chassis, hence you get shorts if the bogie wheels touch it (on one side!).

Do-able, but not a trivial task unlike most of the other locos that N-Brass bogies will fit.

Best,
Alan