BMRC welcomes
new members age 16 and over for just £10 a month.
Why not pay us a visit on Mondays and Thursdays from 7.45pm on.
Please check first before travelling.
See Club Info for more details on how to contact us!
Railway Correspondance and Travel
Soc
Interesting talks
approximatly monthly at Saltaire Methodist Church
http://www.rcts.org.uk/
Useful DCC Info
1 Some details of the secretary/ Webmaster efforts with
fitting dcc sound to his fleet.
Bachmann OO 3F - Now has
sound and DCC concepts head/ tail lamps. I have developed a
dislike for 21pin plugs and sockets (bent pins). The Howes
LOKsound 4 decoder and speaker remains in the tender with an
additional plug/ socket fitted for the pair of wires to the front
light. If I did it again I may move the decoder to the loco as the
existing 4 wires between the loco tender would then be sufficient
for the tail light/ speaker
Bachmann OO Fairburn - After much struggling including fitting new
wires to the Howes LOKsound 4 decoder to save taking up space with
joints it now has working
head, tail and firebox lights as well as a 1000uF hold up capacitor
in the cab base.
Bachmann 37 with Zimo decoder and separate Head and tail (Tails can be switched
off when hauling a train)
Useful data
Loksound 4.0 useful drawiing
BR Lamp codes
post 1923
1960 scheme with old letter codes in brackets
1 (A) express passenger, mail or breakdown train
en route to a job.
2 (B) Ordinary passenger or a breakdown train not going to clear
the line.
3 (C) Parcels, empty coaching stock or Freightliner train.
4 (C) Express freight train, fully fitted.
5 (D) Express freight with at least a third of fitted stock
connected to the locomotive.
6 (E) Express freight with no less than 4 fitted vehicles
attached to the locomotive.
7 (F) Express freight, ballast or empty train, unfitted
8 (H) Unfitted through freight or mineral train.
9 (J or K) Mineral or stopping goods train
10 (G) Light engine or engines with or without brake vans.
