Yeah Duncan is so far away right now it's insane . I expect to see the prototype of him summer 2025 if we are lucky for a late 2026 release .

I feel as if Stanley's unpainted prototype could shown off at the NMRA 2024 next month .

Maybe for September Thomas Tuesday we could see sir Handel .

Hello. Recently purchased the EZ Command Plus controller used (warranty is up). After reviewing the contents of this string, I have concluded that I seem to be having the same issue where as when I power the controller with the wall outlet the buttons light up fine, however, when I connect it to the track, the track has no power. To test it, I used a friend's EZ command controller (the standard version), used the same power cable (controller to track) and the same locomotive. His controller works just fine. Any suggestions as to what I may be able to do to resolve this issue?

As was stated before measure the time over a given section. On a previous layout I used a 6 foot section (two lengths of flex track is 1/10 of a scale mile) and multiplied the time by 10. If the resulting time is 60, 60 scale mph.

Here is the chart I used for reference.

240 sec     15 smph
180 sec     20 smph
120 sec     30 smph
 90 sec     45 smph
 60 sec     60 smph
 45 sec     90 smph
 30 sec    120 smph
 20 sec    180 smph
 15 sec    240 smph

I measured out a scale mile on my ho scale layout how would I calculate the speed?

Hi.
I'd put a Soundtraxx TSU-2200 in it.
I'd hardwire it inside the tender.
I've done several of my On30 locomotives that way.
If you can follow a wiring diagram, and know how to solder, then it's a pretty easy job.
The tender should have a built in speaker enclosure in it.
You just need to figure out which speaker fits your tender best.
I use a Soundtraxx 28mm 8ohm 2 watt speaker such as this one currently available on Ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/402411693475?
This should fit your tender.
As far as the missing parts are concerned:
If they're not available on this website, then your best hope will be Ebay.
Good luck!
Mike

Once again. still no sign of Sir Handel just yet, but they did tease an unpainted sample of Stanley, which will be shown in the August Trainworld Stream in like three weeks. They managed to get Stanley ready before Sir Handel, who was announced long before.

They just recently got unpainted samples of the Narrow Gauge High Side Wagon and Stanley. Other products awaiting unpainted samples include not just Sir Handel, but also the Narrow Gauge Gondola, Gunpowder Wagon, Duncan, the HO Scale Open Carriage, Bulgy, N Scale Diesel/Paxton and the Express Coaches. It's going to be a while before we hear progress on Duncan or the Gunpowder Wagons. The N Scale Express Coaches are still not up for preorder.

Re Lighting for Bachmann 4-6-0 PNP
It appears that the lamps are incandescent.

I've installed a Blunami 2200 on the Large Scale 4-6-0 PNP with Battery power, and I finally have the lights working.

In the app, set Lamp type to Incandescent.

Connect the Blunami Blue, white, and yellow wires to the corresponding J1 pins in as normal.

ALSO connect (jumper) the black wire of Blunami  (also connected to J1-1&2 as normal) to J1-7.

This accomplishes what the 4-6-0 instructions mean by connecting the decoder negative output to J1-7.

I also connected J2-10 (firebox flicker) to the white wire (jumper to J1-6), so the firebox goes on with the front headlight;
presumably you could use a separate function for this if you wish.

I posted the full details for installing the 2200 to this topic:
Blunami 2200 for Large Scale 4-6-0 PNP

Made a few more.

Full container of branches to glue on.