Sometimes you just can't win.

A new Rapido has been bought and runs perfectly so there must have been a bad batch out there, also, what I thought was a blown Loksound decoder in my old 57xx is now working :)

Certainly moving in the right direction Phil.

It really annoys me when faulty locos make it through as far as the end user.  Can you imagine what problems I'd have had if I'd bought a similar model …………….french customs would have had a field day.  That's why I no longer buy from UK online but here in mainland Europe, I have the problem of most models being Continental outline but HO scale to boot !!

I'm assuming from your recent posts that Pen-y-Bryn is not about to be dismantled now ……………….

No sledge hammer at the moment Peter 😳😂 98% of the track has power and I’ve added a few more lights, over fifty in total, most of my locos are running and the two new ones have been weathered 😊