Yeah, the physical limitation do put a damper on it. All we can do, is what we can do.

Quote from: on30gn15 on February 22, 2016, 04:38:07 PM
Question is, will my Trainz 2006 run on Windows 7?

You could always try and get hold of some one, from the company who makes it and ask.

Now, wasn't that fun!
Congratulations!!!!!!

Quote from: on30gn15 on February 19, 2016, 09:49:16 AM
Having a technical difficulty, without Flash support, can't download pdf catalog; Flash no longer supports Vista 64bit, only 32 bit.

And unless my Social Security Disability income suddenly triples, buying a new computer isn't an option.

I am in the same, financial as you. But since my computer with Vista will easily support Windows 7, I am just upgrading the OS. No need for a new computer.

Quote from: trainstrainstrains on February 20, 2016, 09:06:57 AM
Tried without artificial lights, that is with only daylight comming from the windows,  even  tried with the wi fi router unplugged.  No change whatsoever.  
Users in England talk about the infrared working so well they can point the receiver in a totally different direction at quite a distance and  still it works fine for them?

I have read the same, and It should work as they say. No matter what part of the world you are on.

Even if the batteries are new, it still could be the handset or even the command station that is bad. Hopefully some one with more Dynamis knowledge will chime in.

Seems to me that, with no doubt, it is defective.

Depends mostly on the curves the cars go through.
The smallest curves on the main are 11" and there are a few short pieces of 9.5 at yards and industrial sites. I use short based engines for those.

I always use a medium length just to be sure.

On all of my Bachmann cars, the truck slides over the car bolster, and the screw then holds the truck in place.
So if needed, I drill the hole just big enough to do this. I use the drill bit that is the closest and then open the truck hole with a small round file, just enough to fit and with just enough side to side play.

If the hole is to big then the rim of the screw will not hold the truck in place.

So I would just take the time needed to see what works. There are many things like this in this hobby, so learning is an on going experience.

On my N-scale, I have drilled out the hole in the trucks if it was needed. I still use the screw.
In fact I like brands that use screws. I have even replace the pins with screws on some cars.
Just do not over tighten, as the truck MUST be able to wobble a little side to side while going around curves. If not the car can derail.

Quote from: skipgear on February 17, 2016, 10:56:33 PM
What type of lighting is in the room?  
It works fine under incandescent or natural lighting but fluorescent lighting messes with the infrared for some reason.

I had to dismiss using the Dynamis system, after reading about this problem around 2007, since I knew I would use Sun Bright Fluorescent lighting.

And yet Bachmann has known about this problem for many years and never addresses the issue.
Why?

Now you have learned something new.
I have had lots of these type of learning experiences since doing DCC from 2007.
And I'm sure many more fun ones will come.

Glad to see it all worked out.

Remove the shell and see if that helps. Sometimes there will be buzzing noise if it is not fitting correctly.
I have had this happen on a few engines. Parts of the shell pieces were vibrating.

I like the failing in this
Oh, and thnks fro the article excerpt. Must run trains

When all esle fials, go run trains
Screw the Rivets, I'm building for Atmosphere!
later, Forrest

Quote from: Len on January 28, 2016, 05:30:09 PM
I removed the power pickups from a couple of older locos like that, "junked" them up, then sat them on a dead siding waiting for their trip to the scrapper.

Len

I had thought of that, but had no extra sidings and any way they were so far out of my time period (1995 about) that they would have been scrapped twenty five years earlier.

Quote from: Yardmaster on January 28, 2016, 08:17:22 AM
Play with it or give it to someone to play with....

Good idea. 

I still use all of the older Bachmann cars from a set I had in the 80's as well as those I bought over the years. I changed out the trucks/couplers and replaced the pizza cutter wheels and enjoy them along with my newer Bachmann cars.
The Bachmann engines from that time period, did go the way of extinction though.