Got a nice new loco the other day: Hornby N15 Sir Sagramore. Very nice looker and nice detail but... I think they've gone into competition with Castrol for who's got the most oil. It was swimming in it. The motor was wet on the outside and when I turned the body upside down I could see oil lying...

I purchased a lok programmer recently and have managed to load the correct sounds into my diesel loksound decoder. Howeve, how or where do I find other sounds to download into the decoder such as cows mooing or locomotive cab chatter. Do I download extra sounds from ESU or are there other sites...

I am thinking about fitting stay-alive capacitors in some of my locos. The main reason for doing this is connected with their sound decoders. All my locos are fitted with sound. Some (but not most of them), if they experience even a momentary cut in power from the track, shut off the sound and...

Well it's one thing after another round here at the moment! The latest casualty is my Lenz LZV100 showing error code 97, which comes up as internal battery needs replacing. Also on the LH101 display is Error comm . stat ( communication status?) Has anyone replaced a battery in one of these and...

'Tis a little arbitrary, but to prevent the first such round up becoming a bloated mess, how about another for everything announced from the start of Q4 2019 until end Q3 2020? We have an entry! Hattons, with a range of generic 4 and 6 wheel coaches, in all the liveries under the sun (almost)...