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Uploaded by on Jun 28, 2009

The crowds at Doncaster are not used to the deafening shriek of an HST's rear power car; here 254 005 heads for Edinburgh with an express from Kings Cross. The front power car has a Southwest Digital decoder, whilst the rear has a Howes decoder; both have strengths and weaknesses, but if it is volume you want, go for Howes.

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  • Wow!!

    I love your layout, It is epic, What sound decoder do you prefer the howes? I want one for the Hornby NMT :)

  • I have a SouthWest Digital decoder in the front and a Howes decoder in the rear power car. Neither capture the Valenta scream in quite the way I would like, but the Howes decoder has the edge I think.

  • Nice one. So which would you say is best if you had to choose just one decoder out of the two?? Like the sun shade in the rear cab, nice touch. 5*

  • on balance, I think the Howes decoder. BUT, neither of them have got it exactly right, in my view.

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  • @DoncasterOO im thinking of getting a swd decoder reblown to a class 43 paxman what you think

  • I had a train set when I was a kid. Having one as an adult seems really nerdy but as I get older, I need more escapism from this troublesome world & I can definitely understand the emotion behind a model railway. I'm seriously thinking about building one in the loft so I can shut myself up there and be king of my own little world & go back to the days I remember.

  • SO DAMN REALISTIC!!! BRILLIANT ALL MY DECODERS ARE FROM HOWES

  • what a station :) .... Fantastic.

  • im imagining the sound of the two would be like comparing an MTU powercar with a Valenta one

  • were in the world did u get a sound fitted HST???

  • Nice touch with the blind in the cab window!

  • Many thanks for your thoughts on this. Just another thought, wonder when Hornby will get round to doing a sound decoder fitted HST?? If they do, wonder how good it'll sound?? Cheers.

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