----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:00
AM
Subject: Re: SAMRA report
The MTH DCS system was very temperamental all weekend. When we were
able to get a command engine to run it ran very slowly. They
finally got it to work with a conventional engine. On
Sunday I was able to get a command engine to work after a while.
This however didn't last long as once I had my train
put together and tried to run it was very slow and
unresponsive to commands and stopped running halfway around the layout. I then
tried to run a conventional engine on the same train instead but it would only
run at top speed and when I tried to reduce the speed the entire track shut
down and I was unable to power the track back up. I checked to see if the
breakers were tripped on it and everything but to no avail. They weren't
tripped at all. I tried turning it off for about 10 minutes and trying to
power it up again but still nothing. I tried again later in the day after the
plug was discovered and fixed but it still didn't work.
To be honest I'm tired of this system. It always seems to be more trouble
than its worth despite all its "bells & whistles" which certainly
lessens the fun of running trains.
Other than that it was a fun show. There were a lot of people there at
the show and there many of vendors I had never seen before along
with some other very nice layouts.
Ricky
PS. Who has the check from SAMRA?