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RE: Hornby HO scale Flying Scotsman

adesilva_1999 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:42:50 +0000

Below are some photos of the interior details of the installation of LocoFi. The unit is inside the boiler section and hidden. Speaker is visible.

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I think the issue of slowing down is due to the level of the track at the two ends where it has the curves. My board is on pink faom but it does not have a full length wood backing underneath! I did that to keep it light. This again is due to the way I have the whole thing supported only on two Aluminum angles screwed to the walls on either sideof the room. There are a couple of places in the middle i have supported so that it does not have a sag. Otherthan that, it has no rigid support. I can olny try to put shims under the tracks to see if I can somehow level it. After almost all the ladnscape done, that will be a big nightmare!

Bachmann "Big Hauler" conversion

cliffhagman — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:52:00 +0000

I just completed my first conversion from track to battery power using LocoFi and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results! Tech support was amazing, and the product is a solid bet for large scale, especially with the “plug-and-play” version they offer. I wanted to replace the smoke unit on my Bachmann “Big Hauler” due it it’s underwhelming performance, so I selected a pulsed smoke generator by TrainLi. Thanks to LocoFi tech support they helped figure out some extra circuitry to integrate the smoker’s performance with the LocoFi module. Here’s the final product:

https://youtu.be/WrqumEkQaYo

RE: Hornby HO scale Flying Scotsman

Admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 01:43:07 +0000

Nice work getting a 30+ year old tender drive running. It was a great idea to use both the loco and tender pickups for better reliability. From the video, it looks more like the slowdown is happening on curves. Possibly traction, tight radius, wheel gauge, or some mechanical friction coming into play.

Great to see these older locos brought back to life.

If you get a chance, please share some installation details, tips/tricks and pictures that would be helpful for others as well.

Hornby HO scale Flying Scotsman

adesilva_1999 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:22:13 +0000

This loco is about 30+ years old! It is tender driven. Pickup is from the loco wheels as well as the tender wheels. I had to remove the two center wheels from the tender so that I could modify the pickup from the tender wheels. It has a three pole pancake motor. What I noticed is that it tends to slow down on irregular areas of the track unlike the diesels which are long and therefore they have better pickups.

Enjoy!

Ananda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxHPo3dvp5c

A horn file from Amtrak passenger train.

adesilva_1999 — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 02:21:40 +0000

The original sound track and video clip was with the courtesy of: Southern West Virginia Online.

Published on Facebook under the heading of: "Amtrak drops off a lone passenger in Thurmond!" Dated September 19th at 4:00 PM.

Amtrak engineers/operators seem to be doing very similar two burst horn sounds-one short and one long on every clip I have seen so far. They are also great videos and one can get great layout ideas.

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