Another great informative video Charlie, you have an easy to watch manner complete with humour but underlining full of great little tips ( like the 9v battery for testing the pick ups ) along with the video being easy to understand at a gentle pace for us watching and learning. Thank you.

Must admit I find your honesty refreshing and love watching your videos.

Charlie I've watched most of your vids this one is probably the best.

An enjoyable video. I though it would go into how you resolved the "wheel flat" and pick up issue, but I guess at 43 minutes the video is long enough. Love the ramblings, and that little giggle from your wife in the background - don't ever change the format, it add so much character to the videos :)

Wow. This was an excellent video. I got so engrossed. Enjoyed this. Many thanks.

Chadwick and other online model railway diaries are helping me keep sanity while on furlough from work , many thanks

Charlie - you had me in stitches with the bit about Hogwarts....... Had to watch that a couple of times. Brilliant. You should be on prime time telly not KZfaq 😄😄

Hi charlie, your work on youtube has inspired me to start my own youtube chanel about modelling and model railways. Thank you so much for being an inspiration for me. Jack

Another entertaining and informative episode. Your videos are very enjoyable and your delivery, openness, and humor make for good viewing.

There’s something rather special about having locos in your layout you have a connection with. Years ago I had 40122 D200 on an old layout in 00. I remember as a kid going to an open day at Cheshire lines in Warrington and getting to sit in the cab of my hero. Amazing. Keep up the great work and stay safe Charlie.

Very watchable as always Charlie!

From A Yank in Aurora, Co - I ''ve learned a lot from your videos and appreciated your humor snd chuckles, Dave Clifford

I find you such a genuine good bloke Charlie thanks for all the vidoes they are great!

Just got around to looking at this video Charlie..your videos are always very watchable with a good balance between detail ,humour and items of general railway interest..👍

Charlie, I get so excited when I get a notification on your videos. They’re interesting, educational and very funny. Watching you look to the right, reminded me of a news reader getting distracted. Loved it. Keep up the good work and stay safe. 🚂🚂

thanks for another great video Charlie I will use what I've learnt today and put it into my model railway. thanks :)

Charlie - just watched your episode on preparing your locos out of the box. On low speed on your rolling road with your DCC it is evident that the wheel 2nd from right on your logo has a bent axle - that’s what getting that uneven running.

I’ve subscribed! You’re a wonderful KZfaqr and your age is your strength! Wisdom comes from time. Peace!

Charlie, I admire how you guys can persevere with these brands of locos. I don't mean to offend anyone! I enjoy your teachings a musings.

Good Morning Charlie, another wonderful video. Due to a divorce, change of residence and all the chaos that entails I haven't been able to do much You tubing, but when I was able, your videos helped keep me sane, Thank You. Please take care and be safe.

Hello again Charlie, It's Ronnie here again, I don't want to become a bit of a pain but I am currently catching up with your previous videos and loving the content. I think you should see a doctor quite soon as you seem to be laughing at yourself often, but it is very amusing and makes you just like the rest of us.... Mad! Very good to watch your channel, really enjoyable. Many thanks.

I model 1950s LNER, which never existed and I wasn't alive for. Modelling what interests you is all of the fun really Great video Charlie, hope you're keeping well

Excellent video Charlie with your fantastic human and humourous touch!

5 Star video Charlie I love your sense of humour and your stories, by the way your model railway are amazing as well. Thanks for sharing Chadwick Parkway and your time.

Great presentation Charlie. I happen to own two Dapol Class 22's, the earlier one doesn't run that well, but the one I purchased recently seems to run fine. The one observation I would make is when I do purchase a sound decoder, I always test it straight out of the package first, using an ESU Decoder Tester (51900), to ensure it's working fine before I go anywhere near it with a soldering iron.

Thanks again, Charlie. Great to watch, even if I don't model in British rail. Stay save, Mark.

Well thought out description of how you prepare your locomotives. Practicala advice always available at Chadwick Model Railway! Thanks, Charlie!

I purchased a western that was the type that originally took us from Hereford to Soton I called on glory days of diesel for help with the head code for that era (March 67) and Jim Churton helped me with the correct code ( we have continued to strike up a friendship since) how great this hobby is by the way I live in Auckland NZ

Great video Charlie. Very informative. Thanks

Thanks again for another brilliant vid, when you started talking about what certain engines meant to you got me thinking about the class 55 I have just ordered, which was named after the scottish regiment that I was attached to in the early 70,s. its a great way to restore memories of the past both good and bad (thats history)

Great video thanks for keeping us going in this lockdown

Another great video Charlie, you really do make these videos both incredibly informative and very funny, just what we modellers need in these troubled times! Mike

Thanks Charlie. Every part of that was great. Very informative and entertaining. I had never known anything about British head codes on locomotives before - it's something we don't do in Australia. Great tips and anecdotes too.

Brilliant tip about using a battery to test the pick-ups - thank you! I shall be using that this weekend. Great video as usual.

Thanks, Charlie, very cool to see the process you follow. Shame the loco isn't working as well as it could but hopefully you will be able to find some solution

I do have a genuine LNER fire bucket 'rescued' from a derelict station, for the last 60 years I have intended restoring it, as and when i have time!.

Wonderful video, Charlie. Another well demonstrated and fun look into the workings of an older train and upgrading it. Sorry it all went sideways, but the "how to" part was great.

Charlie, your videos are always informative and funny if not outright hilarious. They are also quite educational for us Yanks who enjoy picking up on British humor. Bag of Worms. Of course you did add a pair of homemade Lieutenant Dans for crewmen, but I'll forgive you as I was cackling like a madman whilst you went all Lecter on 'em with the snips!

Great video Charlie. Lots of fantastic info. Straight forward and simple. Even though this video is from awhile ago. Still great.

Excellent as always Charlie.

Thanks Charlie. Very informative.

Love this!! Your added smurks and humour trific! Bravo Charlie... Informative vid to boot 😉😉😷

Thanks Charlie for all the videos you do, they really are very insightful. Joachim

Hmm, perhaps I better understand why I find your vids so satisfactory. You are a year older than me, and a fellow sailor (although I only had 24 in). Fair winds and following seas.

Hey Charlie Thanks for posting, I hope you are keeping well? I watch you updates every time they have come out and love the progress you have made. You have helped inspire me to start documenting my progress as I am about to start making changes to mine and add an extension to my current layout. So I have started making some videos thanks for your videos and inspiration, I hope I can be as good as you one day.

Who Knew? Great vid thanks, great sense of humor too.

Thank you so much for this video. I liked your 9V battery tip, used this to sort out pick up issues on a Ruston 48DS. Love your humour as well ("it's a cradle you dipstick", lol); don't be too hard on yourself... Stay safe and well!

Charlie , I really enjoy your videos. Good content and good humor too. Best wishes from the USA

Crewe-Derby DMU's were usually BRCW (later class 104) 3 car sets headcode B6. The DMU's only had 2 letter codes. Sometimes they were Cravens (later class 105) 2 car sets on later services that ran through from Crewe to Derby/Lincoln.

Thanks for another great video Charlie, I did my spotting at Pilning , mainly Westerns and Warships and later Berkeley Road where we used to put coins on the tracks, YIKES! Stay safe mate.

Nice step by step guide, the sound file is very familiar to me, I've used the same sound file for a Dutch class 2400. Since this is a diesel electric I've changed the soundfile internally and it's been a proper runner for years. Cheers and stay safe!

Great video as always Charlie, I'm now brave enough to pull apart my Dapol Class 22 and put figures in, lights were a nightmare though. I'm now checking all my stock with a 9v battery, great advice and help for us relative newbies to the hobby.

As always, a very informative and entertaining video. There are a number of good model rail contributors on KZfaq but your channel is by far the best, you keep the focus on model railways with excellent camera work and good humour. In the current climate your contributions are even more appreciated. Keep safe. My attic conversion isn’t quite ready for starting my layout but, in the meantime and with time on my hands I have built a small baseboard to get me started on my very first small layout. I have been collecting for almost five years so I have a very extensive stock which should hopefully allow me to complete a small scale TMD layout. However, I am still a bit apprehensive about starting my first layout. I have around 27 diesel locos, all are DCC ready, two have DCC decoders fitted, one has DCC sound fitted and I have just bought three Lenz Silver 21 plus decoders. I have a Roco Z21 controller, DCC Concepts Digital Cobalt point motors and a DCC Concepts rolling road. However, even after watching your latest video, I’m still not sure how to carry out basic maintenance on my locos many of which have been in their boxes for a number of years (where & when to apply oil on the loco / identify & checking pick ups etc) and most importantly, how to properly run in my locos.

Hi Charlie, i remember back in the early 90s, the days i used to spend sitting with my grandad at Beeston station in Nottinghamshire, watching trains go by, it was a smaller station, so only the sprinters (class 158) used to stop at the station, usually in east midlands liveries, the hst used to thunder through going between Nottingham and Derby, mostly in the executive livery, i had a model railway at the time, and used to visit butterley preservation line, and travelled the settle to Carlisle line across the riblesdale viaduct, theres one thing i neglected to do though, i never took a book or pen, or camera, so im unsure of any of the locos numbers, and have no photos of any My model railway was very basic, it was 3 ovals of track with some sidings in the middle, pinned to a board around 12 feet long and 7 feet wide in the garage, no scenery I packed it all away into the loft many decades ago, and left the set to collect dust, and i have recently sold the entire lot, but there's method in the madness of selling it all Firstly, it eas unused for decades, but now it's bringing joy to someone, whos got my hst running around in a barrel under there christmas tree, also, everything was so old, it would have cost me a fortune to ipdate everything Every loco had ringfield motors, no dcc, no sound, no lights, very worn out paintwork, and a lot was damaged from flying off one corner of my layout onto the garage floor Also, nothing matched, i had executive livery hst power cars, but the original blue hst livery coaches, i had a crane, but no other network rail style coaches or wagons, everything was very miss matched And i did say to my sons, if i ever started another model railway again, i would do it properly this time, i would have base boards permanently screwed down, i would add scenery, and my thought is, im not really into steam locos, because i grew up seeing diesels, so id rather have modern, concrete sleeper track, modern engine sheds, led signals etc I might well do two, interconnected layouts, the main layout being all modern, with a side layout, which would be an oldy-worldy, preservation line style two track up and down to dead ends both ends, maybe with a set of points to the main layout, with all the old semaphore signals and old scenery So im watching your channel for inspiration, it wont be yet as i have other projects, but by the time i do decide to start, the technology in the railway and engines should be so good and stabilized, automation of points and signals should be great

Top stuff Charlie. Keep safe buddy.

Great video, something you don't really think about. It reminds me that you just throw it on the track, as I did as a kid. Thanks

Class 21 were Diesel Electric, Class 22 Diesel Hydraulic. Class 29 were rebuilt class 21 due to major engine problems. Paceman engines were fitted and they got the four digit head code box as I understand.

Nice vid. I hav this loco, never had any of the issues of yours 🤷🏻‍♂️ its always on my list as an absolute flawless model, love it

We need an appearance by Mrs Chadwick, first to apologize for making you throw all your stuff away, second for a repeat of that delightful giggle

Charlie, I have the headcodes book too. Another book I use is the diesel and electric loco register - handy for dates locos were withdrawn. I also use the railway photography websites, though you can spend hours just browsing through! Thanks for another entertaining video..

I love the class 22!

Hi Charlie. Been suffering from the lurgy so this cheered me up no end. I am a tad older than you so rather than head codes, I used to nick steam loco shed plates at Exeter St David's shed and currently have 83D (then Plymouth Laira) fixed over my workshop door. I think the statute of limitations has run out on us! My layout is mainly SW steam but I have a green Dapol class 22 with sound which runs well and I love it - but it was new and I got Olivias Trains to do the work. Keep up the good work!

That was a great video with a lot of great tips. Love the weight loss technique you used for the crew. It is going to give you a great number of years of service. Sorry to hear the motor is not up to speed. Thanks for sharing. Ken

Another great and welcoming video. The second axle seems to be the one with the problem. It looks like a bent axle giving it the " thump thump" sound and a wobble.

"I did have an APT-E ... and it broke." You simply can't get much more prototypical than that!

Afternoon Charlie 😀 Great video as always and especially while I'm stuck in at home 🙂 Fantastic honest information on the class 22 👍🏻 Shame Dapol made such a poor locomotive 🙁 Oh happy memories going round Swindon I did back in 1974 with my friend all the way from Manchester. I've been Furloughed from work now due to this awful coronavirus 😞 Our wedding was cancelled too. But on a positive side because of you Charlie I've actually been in my garage after 3 years and started tidying up my layout 😄 As I've said before I'm a midland man living in Oldham but loved the old western region diesels. If I've got the confidence I'll do a small video again because of you Charlie. Also Dave class 47, Richard of Everard junction plus a few others on KZfaq that give great content and encouragement. Have a nice weekend cheers Stevie 😎

I have the same H&M Duette. Admitting to theft, vandalism and piracy on the same video? Good job the cops are too busy with folk who will not stay at home. Respect to the crew who were "socially distancing" in the cab. You make the best informative and entertaining videos Charlie. Keep`em up.

14:47 A Duette! You can't go wrong there, Charlie!

Another good video Charlie.. To help get bodyshells off, guitar plectrums are great, about £1 for 4. They slide in the gap and allow the body shell to prised open slightly to get the body over the chassis tabs ..

Hi Charlie,I have a 29 with dapols own decoder in it and I must say the running is flawless

Wow...a HM Duette! I had one of those on my home layout in my teens. Sadly went missing along with my entire train set during a house move. The one box I didn't want to lose (think it was placed outside the house, during a trailer unload, and someone picked it up and walked off with it.)

I know you were not that impressed by the Dapol loco, but I loved the DCC sound . Great video again Charlie, thanks

Really just enjoyed your very interesting video. I am currently working and living in Frankfurt and are obviously at home and have plenty of free time. I have always liked the class 21/22/29 for some reason? and have a mint condition of the Hornby class 29 which is one of my favourite locomotives in my collection. The German connection regarding the sound chip was fascinating. Think I will research the headcode on my Hornby class 29 - 8A46 so another little task. Thank you so much for sharing this Charlie - take care and stay healthy.. best wishes.. Paul

Nice video Charlie .Like the humour in these strange times. I bought one of these models a while back and had the same issues. However after running it in and using on short pick up goods it runs fine. .May buy one of the new Class 29's , The Ian Allen loco spotters book brings back good memories of spotting at Waverley .East coast magic Deltics, peaks, class 40's etc .Real locos we will never see again .Take care .

We came so close to having a preserved one, 6319, not long off a major Swindon overhaul was the subject in question. Purchase was agreed but the loco was cut up in error which led to 821 earning her place as the first privately owned mainline diesel.

Note to Dapol: be kinder to modellers. Watching you work with the scalpel to remove the cab interior was a bit of a worry though you have done it many times before am sure. Not needed that glue. Great video as always. Many thanks.

Charlie, I think we are good with the “wondering off” content ☺️

Hi Charlie, another great video. I grew up in Swindon but that's enough said about that. I have had 3 of the latest versions from Dapol and they have been fantastic locos, I'm more annoyed that I just passed on my Inspection saloon as I thought the Blue Grey colour scheme was a bit late for the era I'm modelling and wouldn't have thought a class 22 would have pulled it.... oh well. Cheers Sam

Great video, I know what you’re saying about not having a camera in the day. I have so many memories of Dawlish and Newton Abbott as a boy,like you all from books now ... never had the opportunity for head codes lol Andy

Thanks Charlie for another entertaining and informative video.. I must say I've got a bit of a soft spot for the Class 21, 22 and 29's...

best regards. thanks, congratulation for yours videos

Great video, and love you hummor at this rough times we are in at the moment , it seems like daplo are going for 100% authenticity with these baby warships as the real ones were a bag of nails too lol, I spent a enjoyable summer a few years back as a second man on a WR class 14 ' teddy bear' diesel- hydraulic loco at my heritage railway the spa valley ' and they were well know for there rubbish Paxman engines, but if you kept any eye in all the coolent pipes and regular checks it ran fine . I am building a small layout at the moment as been layed of with my job with Easy jet airlines , so keeping me busy ,so thanks for these , and stay safe .

Great vid Charlie, amusing and informative. Charlie Frankenstein indeed, with a bit of thigh cutting. I have this model and personally think it is a winner. Smooth runner and does what it says on the tin.Getting those head code books is virtually impossible and will need a tour of ye old book shops to hunt them down. Lucky you have them.

Another good source for headcodes of authentic trains are old copies of British Railways working timetables. They were regionalised, sub-divided and split into passenger and freight. They will have a code index for the routes concerned. You can sometimes pick them up on eBay. 👍🍺

Well done Charlie and congratulations on your new Class 22 engine. Sure "it's a bag of worms" to start, but it gives you something to work on. I'd replace the malfunctioning wheel set or the entire truck and that may(?) solve the issue. Happy running and enjoy your weekend!!

Hi Charlie,i struggled to get the crew in mine and your right the headcodes don’t seem that bright compared to my other locos,i got mine from Hattons as a used item and it runs really well luckily,oh the valences,you’re better off nailing them on just like the real thing 😂,another great video,look after yourself 👍

Thats funny because ive just done the Crewe to Derby route today ;)

Love the presentation. Really enjoyed this, and I stopped railway modelling in 1992/3.

Great "cabin fever" video keep them coming please.

Good timing, I was about to eat and needed something to watch. ESU decoders from the Lokpilot4/Loksound4 family onward have an automatic motor tuning feature. Look at section 11.1.4 of the English manual. This can sometimes improve the running characteristics enormously. I know very little about British diesel engines, but if the class 22 is a diesel electric engine, the ESU decoders have an engine notching feature you might find interesting.

Hi Charlie. I don't know about anyone else, but you're really keeping me going in these current times. I've been waiting with baited breath for your next video and you have failed to let me down. :) Looking forward to the next one. (PS self-employed so not going terribly well at the moment, but as soon as things recover, I fully intend becoming a patron as I would love to support you and would hate to think you stop doing these videos). Hope you and your wife stay well.

Laughed so hard on the surgery 😂

Has normal Charlie never disappoint with a video, another great talk though and great tips ☺ thankyou

You are seriously hilarious. Thank you for that.

Good Video Charlie Best regards Andrew

There is a short video "Somerset & Dorset end of the line" where D6330 is shown moving slowly with sound unfortunately with narration over the top. But it does provide some sounds of the class.

Hi Charlie, the Dapol factory is in Dapol Land :) :)

Love your work Charlie, another great video. I think the issue seems to be with the 3rd axle, no pickup plus it is rocking when on the rolling road

Another great Video Charlie to keep the spirits up in these difficult times. Looking at the Loco on the Rolling road there is some wobble on the right hand bogie. Perhaps the axle is bent.best wishes from Melbourne

Hello Charlie, Nice i liked it sure your learn to love her once shes done Keep up the vids ! John from Chichester