Great help !Thanks

Great video, i shall hopefully visit today, cycling over from Peterborough and then over to Melton Mowbray or Leicester before catching train back to Peterborough, depending on how long I spend at museum, a its a place wanted to visit for the past couple of years, i remember going to watch the Sundew dragline walking to Corby from Exton, in 1974.

I could not get on with this dongle. Just didn't seem to work properly. I suspect it something I'm not doing right but even with hornby's help I couldn't see what it was.

Looks like they use the same technology as trs trains invented. I wonder if they licensed it...

very useful and very interesting and a Few surprises. I will use this a future guide for my own incline I have planned, thanks you Chris ✔✔😃😃

What size did your baseboard end up being. I’m currently designing my 00 gauge layout and not sure what size to go for. I prefer continuous running to shunting though.

Excellent video, more helpful than anything Hornby has provided. Thank you!

Almost unbelievable. Thanks.

nice, hope the dev team are looking at "Rpi Pico W", new automations would not need recompiling (guessing that is being done for the arduino), pico could "command" the arduino/motor board, arduino pins are 5 volt, Pico pins are 3.3 volt, need level shifter for serial communication between them

Dcc ex is superb. I have a setup with 2 full circuits, a branch, 2 passing loops and an extra through line in the main station. The branch runs automatically with full semaphore signalling, the 2 main circuits operate their signalling and when the loops are set the signsl logic follows. I have used master and slave Arduino Megas and a load of sensors. It really is cool, doesn't use JMRI or any other proprietary 'stuff' and works really well. I'm now adjusting things so that rather than the trains operating the signals, the signals will control the train. DCC-EX is superb anx badly under publicised. Well done Little Wicket for this showcase.

*snigger, childish moment* FOFF? isn't that an expletive ?

Thanks. This looks like what I'm looking for, but one question. Could you program this to Run automation at set times of the day for a set amount of time and then park the trains at set locations at the end, say a 20 minute run time? I need it to run automatically at set times of the day. I'm currently looking at DC to control this with programming power to turn on and off with sensors, that include weather sensors, for an outdoor track.

Tbh, you should return it in my opinion. That eBay seller had a hell of a cheek.

Very interesting. The hobby is getting technically/electronically more and more complex. It can be daunting just trying to keep up with it all, but this shows how effective and useful these advances can be.

Fantastic video Rob, what a crazy little system, definitely something that seems quite daunting but as always you've made it bite sized and seem very manageable. Perhaps something to try one day on my own layout. What a treat to see it all run flawlessly. You must be very pleased after that effort. Looking forward to more. Keep well.

Very interesting. I'm on DC and too invested there to change but that was really informative, thanks.

DCC EX user here, love it, will never buy a mainstream system again.

The AI thumbnail is not the one. 👎

Love this Video. Thanks so much

As an American modeler whos into all kinds of railroads and brands, i find it odd that lighting is considered extra detail when its been a standard ever since the days of Lionel and American Flyer.

👍👍👍 Thank you!

Thats super. I have always been tempted by automation with DCC and this hows how simple it actually is. And the fact that you can turn it on and off aswell is pretty handy

im personally not a fan of the steamer.. but its a nice option for people that do like it

DCC-EX is a great system. I'm just starting to get into it myself. Thank you for the very informative video

Do you think I can use that with viessmann Analog signals? They only have one ground pin for 2 or more LEDs

Black Fives Matter! Great video once again...

Cast the cab detail in white metal?? Do you sell kits for a conversion like this?? Great job by the way...

Did you ever finish this project? As I have a Hornby pug that I'd like to do the same too. If you'd be willing to share the motor mount CAD file I'd love to give it a try. Thanks.

TREN DE HARRY POTTER ❤😊❤😊❤😊❤🎉🎄🎄🎁

Tren de Harry Potter

Say that is the same locomotive I turned into lady from Thomas and the magic railroad

How come I feel like that a lot of railway model fans in the uk are going crazy

Hi. Thanks for you fantastic tutorials. How do you control the servo motor speed in your servos sketch. I have tried altering the delay setting with no joy. on the net i can only find example that relate to angles and not the 1 to 3000 count. I am a total beginner with Arduino and still on page one. Thks in advance

The steam problem is the small chimney orifice on the Scotsman. It cant let enough of the steam out before closing. My P2 with steam gen has a much larger outlet and a double chimney with no means to clog, however, it is getting a new Road and Rails speaker to improve the sound department. 8 ohms only though.

I joined up a couple weeks ago, and now care for the thomas layout and models

Wow Awesome 👍

Hi Rob, I'm sure you have lots on, but when is part 3 of this series. Thanks Chris

The locomotive rocks on the test rollers. Fancy bells and whistles but no manufacturer seems to be able to make a decent well engineered chassis. It's luck of the draw when you buy a model.

This mechanism was used to make electric fires smoke 15 years ago

Hi. Nice review. Thank you. Can you just confirm that it does or doesn’t have a metal running plate above the wheels or is it plastic? Cheers. Dave.

You need to add soot to the mix and wear a period hat for a more realistic reenactment. 😂

I have just received this loco and I have to say I think it is great. The only (very slight) issue I have is that because the 'water tank' plug was very hard to get out (it was an extremely tight fit) it flew across the room when I extracted it and I am now in the process of trying to get a replacement. Maybe I did something wrong but I wonder if there is a simple way to remove and replace the plug.

Are you driving the model via Bluetooth or via DCC? if the latter, which DCC system are you using? This model does not operate at all well via my high-end Zimo system (but is ok using a Gaugemaster Prodigy). Also, it won’t link to my iPad so I can try on Bluetooth; it comes up as a ‘resettable device’ but has never been linked so the code is NOT in device manager of the app . Therefore, I need to contact Hornby for the code. This is a ridiculous situation as I can’t now do anything with it until Monday when I can call Hornby. This is the exact reason I don’t like mixing model railway operation with apps or anything to do with computers. I only have 2 HM7000 and both need Hornby’s involvement to get them set up! By the way, you will find that the chuffs are only in sync with wheel rotation at certain speeds as the chuff frequency changes in fixed increments, rather than the infinitely variable changes used by Zimo or Loksound decoders.

Do they have a James?

Which kit do I get for a black 5?

It is possible to pack any more stuff to go wrong into an OO gauge loco??!!

Bellissimo video spiegato bene ,una curiosità lo smoke generator funziona con water. Di solito vanno tutti con olio ti ringrazio fammi sapere, un saluto da Roma

Hope you cover abandoned narrow gauge railways in Pakistan as well

Homie that's just Lady from Thomas

sure but it doesn't work with everyones else way better DCC control set up's like NCE and Digitrax just Hornby's crappy 1980's (over 40 yr old now) DCC control - go figure. So why is it a game changer when it doesn't support more than 95% of the DCC control systems on the market?