Christmas Coming So...

Nigels · 2021-11-07T03:42:26+00:00

Christmas is nearly here and the pandemic is lifting, so it seemed rude not to visit my local train store to see what they had in that I could gift myself fo...

Nigels

Here's the latest additions to my 'iconic brands' type train rolling stock, a couple of new Hornby Coca-Cola wagons 🙂

and a recent eBay find, a DCC digital controlled sound enabled Princess class pacific loco;

Super

Branding!!! 😃 I do love love love that Princess Helena.

The Coca Cola reminds me of the custom made by Ucwepns Dad... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZAYBF7D150

Nigels

I already got the Coca-Cola branded loco/wagon train set the Christmas before the pandemic started (2019) so adding the wagons was a no brainer for me 🙂

But as for the Princess Helena not only does it look "the dogs danglies", but has a factory fitted digital DCC sound decoder, which means you not only get to control it if you have a DCC controller, but it also has realistic sound. Here's a video example of one running;

[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/oECDUoHDSdA[/video]

The sound effects range from the normal steam idling sounds you get when a loco is sitting in a station/siding to the deep throb of the steam as it pulls away building up to full speed running sounds (I'm not sure this video demonstrates the latter as I was watching another the other day that did). You also get a bunch of 'spot sound effects' triggered by DCC functions sent from your controller such as sounding the whistle etc...

This is the video I watched when I saw the listing on eBay before I decided to bid;

[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/sHjxiPLpWPk[/video]

Super

I am in love with...Helena, she is a beauty 🙂

Nigels

I know what you mean, DCC sound enabled loco's may be the thing to finally push me into making a permanent layout happen. Doubly so as in Amazon(UK)'s black friday sale they have on sale the following;

Hornby DCC Select Controller
Aberdonian Train Pack (DCC Ready - meaning its got a socket pre-wired in the loco to allow a decoder to be fitted easily) - the train pack has the A1 class (think Flying Scotsman) loco 'Tornado' which was a special brand new build locomotive that was built some 10-15 years ago by one of the preservation societies. You also get a set of 3 suitable coaches to make up the named train, in this case Maroon ex-LMS coaches, so ideal for use with Helena as well 🙂
A Hornby TTS Sound decoder specifically for the A1/A3 class of loco's 🙂

In other words everything needed to make a base set apart from track which I already got loads of 🙂

Happy Days! 😃

Super

Nigels...I think you need an Airplane Hangar to start setting up all the different train systems that you have collected over the years. I would pay admission to see that 🙂

Nigels

Perhaps I need to start a crowd funding page to pay rent on a hanger to do just that and get a new business up and running lol!

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