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The E5000 had the same power rating as a Class 47, i learnt them mid 70's they worked the Golden Arrow, Night Ferry (14 french coaches) and freight and did they go bang when the overhead line came down......

I run a 5amp Booster plus 4 train (2 each way is doable) there are 60+ Cobalt point motors connected to the DCC Bus and 1- 6 way and 3 - 2 way Frog Juicers (Tam Valley) reversing loop modules, the Ramp meter rarely goes over 2 Amp, the loco's are modern with just Lenz dcc chips fitted, also have 3 c...

Cobalt Digital, i have 70 of them 63 installed they take there power from the DCC track and power the Frog from the same droppers, i have a Ramp Meter and power draw doesn't show until the points are operated, operate them from a Toggle switch and use pin 3 to also switch a normal/reverse points ind...

Attach 2 X Pad Bolts to the Door near the top so the door can not slide inwards the one i have listed is Stainless steel but galvanized ones can found for around £5....https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stainless-Stee ... B00W5IIINQ

Wire them up to the DCC bus if you have one set to go into a siding and its a long way (in my case) 40' just use a accessory number on the handset to alter the points, you can also have a LED situated close to the point to act as a indicator as to which way the points are set, so there's less chance...

Johnsons Cafe LDCR just passed the Portabello Pub, spent a load of time on the pinball machine, various bikes going down Death Hill on a Tiger 110 sort cruising doing 100 mph the front tire burst the bike hit a clearway sign by the bungerlow halfway down i ended up down the country lane, all i remem...

LCDR noted your comments about braking with trains, various train did require different braking techniques, a route you would know the up Dartford Loop, the train Cliffe to Uddingston,2 X class 33's and 30 X Silver Queens ( 30 tonne Cement Tanks) these had 2 Vaccuum Cylinders on each wagon and to st...

Mines a Weller low voltage, think its 25 - 30 years old it got it second hand....your get what you pay for....