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Very interesting, thanks Platelayer

I going back to my Midland / LMS roots, loco's and rolling stock are now being collected so this will be very helpful.

Have ordered some 4 / 6 wheel coaches from the Hattons Genesis range in Midland Livery but I see Hornby have already got their version in store, however once again we note Hornby's obsession with the eastern region releasing LNER, NER and BR Crimson with E running numbers firstly.

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Hello Jinty

I had some terrible luck recently from 2 popular online stores, ordered a TTS Duke of Gloucester on 22/12 as it had not arrived and my online order status was pending and had been since ordering I phoned for an update, the reply 'sorry, we couldn't find the loco' Now that's not a problem itself but ...

well the Bachmann Midland 1P finally turned up on christmas day in all it's sound fitted glory, just have to wait until Bachmann decide that the Unknown Warrior has been in the catalogue for too many years

I have at least 9 loco's fitted with TTS, my layout is controlled by Gaugemaster PA2 and Roco z21 and have not experienced any problems with controllers or sounder decoders.

Do you know anyone close by who also has a DCC set up to test your loco's on another layout or a shop or even local club?

ha,me too
get rid, ii's a as simple as that, there are many many 'modern' loco's available to run o DC with an option to upgrade to DCC if required.

Hi Bob I have been DCC now since 2017. Since then I have used Hattons (own brand), Gaugemaster and Lenz decoders and pretty much have had no issues with any. I tend not to bother so much with decoders because I prefer sound as I upgrade my current loco's or I have purchased loco's as sound fitted. H...

great pics Cheshire Lines