Here is another batch of locos that have recently been added to the fleet and they are, in order of size:
A Bachmann Wickham Trolley which has had a DCC decoder and stay-alive capacitor fitted by Digitrains of Lincoln.
She is currently to be found at Anchwood, the terminus on the branch line, but that does not mean to say that she won't find herself elsewhere on the layout from time to time.
The Catalogue Nº is 32-992 and she dates from 2016.
Also at Anchwood, on a short goods train, is this Heljan Class 17, Nº D8500, which joins our other two Claytons, namely: D8529, in BR blue livery, and D8568, in Ribble Cement grey livery.
Like her sister locos, she has a sound decoder fitted and, again, this is a Zimo with a Digitrains sound file.
D8529, on the other hand, has a YouChoos sound file on a Zimo decoder while D8568 has a Howes sound file on an old ESU V3.5 decoder. However, despite its age, I still think this is the best sound.
The Catalogue Nº for D8500 is 17091.
From a Type 1 to a Type 2 in the form of this Heljan Class 27, Nº 27030, seen here at Carswater on a stopping service for Gunnmere.
I love all of the Heljan BRCW diesel locomotives and have a Class 26 and two Class 33s.
This loco, as with most here, has a Zimo decoder with a Digitrains sound file and she sounds great and is a terrific performer too.
The Catalogue Nº is 2716 and she dates from 2020.
Still with Heljan, we move to a Type 3 now, with this Class 35 Hymek, Nº D7009 who joins the blue one we already have in the fleet.
She is photographed here on a local freight working, near Manxton, on the main line.
I have always thought that the green livery suited these locos very well and I believe Heljan have done a very good job of replicating it on this model.
Once again she has a Zimo decoder and Digitrains sound file whereas the blue Hymek has a V4 ESU decoder with a Howes sound file.
The Catalogue Nº is 3505 and I believe she dates from 2004.
Moving up to a Class 41, now, with this blue liveried D602 'Bulldog', which was produced by Dapol for Kernow Model Railways.
She is seen here, light engine, at High bridge station, on the branch line between Gunnmere Junction and Anchwood.
We already have a green liveried D603 'Conquest', fitted with a Roads & Rails sound file, and I had not intended acquiring a second one, especially as I don't particularly like the 'add-on' route indicator boxes.
However, this one was being offered at a very reasonable price, due to the fact it was missing some packaging as well as the instruction leaflet, so I really could not resist it.
She does run very well, in analogue, so will doubtless have a decoder fitted at some point.
The Catalogue Nº is K2605 and she dates from 2019.
So to the final diesel here and it is this Heljan Class 52 Western, Nº D1015 'Western Champion' in Golden Ochre livery, seen here on a semi fast passenger service at Petersfield.
We now have four Westerns, with the other three being Heljan's D1037 'Western Empress', in green livery, and D1067 'Western Druid', in blue livery, plus Dapol's D1058 'Western Nobleman' also in blue.
Those three all have sound decoders fitted so Western Champion will obviously follow suit at some point.
The Catalogue Nº is 5203 and she dates from around 2004.
Here we have 'Western Champion' again, in the company of sister loco, 'Western Empress', at Petersfield station.
She is photographed at Davemoor, the Northern terminus of the railway, and, although she has no sound decoder at the moment, she will have in the fullness of time and I cannot wait to see and hear her in operation on the layout, probably on passenger trains, for the most part.
The Catalogue Nº is 31-930NRM and she dates from 2011.
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