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***, no, I hadn't heard about those? Thanks for the "heads-up"! Spend more time these days scanning world news for my degree (if it's international and/or political it'll come up eventually, and some of our tutors love to ask about stuff that only one or two people have heard about!). Thanks for the kind words about the NYC units too - can't really take much credit though, that's the factory paint so all I had to do was fit Kadees (#34 at the front, #5 mounted to the frame on a couple of old plastic ties at the rear - needed a bit of packing and they were just the right size!) and add a decoder. Not a bad loco considering how cheap they are from one of the online suppliers, presumably they bought up the remaining stock from a distributor. ***, I've only been using Lenz and Bachmann decoders so far, Bachmann's are basically the cheapest Lenz units rebranded (the PCB has a Lenz part number stamped on it!) and are usable, but really not the best. From now on I'll be buying the Lenz silent decoders with BEMF - more expensive, but I'd rather it took longer to fit everything out and I ended up with better decoders. Bachmann decoders would probably be ok with replotted speed curves, I'll be testing one of the Lenz versions of them when I fit out the matching C-Liner B-unit that I have sitting in the loco box awaiting a decoder. Guessing the Lenz version might be slightly differently programmed. If all else fails I'll put the cheap decoders on Athearn BB locos (where their tendency to take off will be counter-acted by the higher starting voltage of the motors) and buy some better decoders for my P1K locos. I can recommend the Lenz 1025 units - I have one of these in the CSX Dash 8 on the same site, removed the original circuit board, hard-wired it to the pickups, motor and lighting (with resistors), tidied the wiring with tape and sticky pads, it'll now crawl almost silently and very steadily. The BR Class 37 is also fitted with one of these (using the standard circuitry and socket) and will crawl similarly slowly, even makes a pretty realistic noise now at low speeds (the real locos were nicknamed "tractors" by enthusiasts due to their engine note)! Currently searching for information on fitting decoders to Fleischmann locos - anyone out there know a site with information on how to do this? apparently isolating the motor can be tricky.
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