Good rule Jerry. After all it’s your RR and your club. DonV

This topic seems to have derailed into a layout question as opposed to YOUR decoder question. Almost ALL decoders made past and present support both DC and DCC mode of operation. The question is not

Hi Thomas, we've had similar discontent at the Amarillo Railroad Museum, but we just ignore it. The rule is that we run DCC, no if ands or buts. We have even disabled running address 00 because it

Ron wrote: "he argument "I have 50 engines for DC" doesn't really hold water when you ask them "How many of them do you regularly run?"" Also, conversion to DCC doesn't have to be done to all

Trying to do that for 20 years. Still some folks that insist on running DC. Thomas DeSoto, TX

Greg, We avoided the DC/DCC thing at our club by purchasing a decoder for each member to install in an engine of their choice. This was about in the year 2000. Our club has been around since

Been looking for a speaker and shroud that will fit a Walther's mainline sd70ace. The factory installed versions have a shroud with built in screw hole from the top. Like to find something

Most decoders let you set whether the Lok runs on DC as well as DCC. However, some DCC layouts require you to turn this option off for technical reasons. Best option is to select some Locs to add DCC,

FYI Most newer decoders will work with just DC current with no problems. Most manufacturers will state if it will work both ways so check when you purchase. them. 📞🚂👂

Just for info: Our club, in Columbus, Indiana, is over 25 years old, and has been running both DC and DCC on the same layout for over 20 years. We use DCC detector boards, which we designed and

I am sorry if this has been asked before, or if this question should go elsewhere. I currently operate DC, mainly because of the number of locomotives that will need work. I do have a few locomotives

Hi Gary, I'm Frank Ervin and like you never heard of "resistance leak". Also, I am a die hard customer of FAST-TRACKS for years. Terry Firth, cust. serv. and production manager would love to see the

Thanks

Like Brian, I have never heard the term, resistance leak. I can't even imagine what it means! I have built many Fast Track turnouts in over ten years and the only thing I can think that it relates

Hi Denny, Thanks for the praise - it went straight to my head. 'Pastes' are usually finely ground tin/lead contained in a Zinc Chloride liquid. I use this for tinning a

I am tempted to get some of this silver bearing solder to try out. I have a lifetime of experience with 60/40 Tin Lead solder and have no problem getting good joints. Pre-tinning ties will greatly

Thanks Don. I will redesign wiring plan accordingly. Want to avoid risk of the AR Switches competing when not necessary. Bill

Bill. Your understanding is correct. Making an AR section at each end of the figure eight allows you to separate them from each other via fixed polarity of the mainlines. It is possible for two AR

I’m not using PSX-ARs so I don’t have that capability (that I know of anyway). But you seem to confirm my basic analysis and as I don't believe it essential for the figure 8 mainline to be AR,

Thanks Don.