That's a good point, Don. Instead of a >10A DPDT to reverse the booster outputs, I could swap the Railsync signal wires. If I dedicate a booster to each yard that would work, if I find a small solid

I have found the pinwheel style of ladder to be very effective and compact while also being forgiving in clearances. With Peco C100, 7 turnouts give you 84 degrees curvature at the throat of an

If using PECO C100, they told me they're designed to give you 2" spacing if laid nose-to-tail. If you want wider spacing, you can easily calculate a length based on the diverging angle(12*) and the

I couldn't get anything from Bachmann regarding how to wire its DCC Onboard turnouts to my bus. Can anyone help me? Thank you!

Ken, If you lighten the pressure on the stapler it will penetrate less. It takes very little practice and you can test with a piece of scrap. If you want a piece of plastic between, put a piece of

I've only just begun to use auto reversing, and had no problems so far on my modest applications. But, the thought has occurred to be that boosters should have an external phase control. In cases like

The key measurement for laying out yard tracks is center-to-center spacing. in HO this is usually 2'' on straight track. Lay it out. Most HO turnouts have to be shortened for ladders. The NMRA website

When building a yard ladder is it acceptable to place your turnouts end to end or should there be some track in between the turnouts, if so what would the recommended track length be in OO scale?

Hi Blair, I'll wait until you post your diagram. You are right, the rule about avoiding adjacent reversing units is a good one. Allan

I am not seeing any T-25 staples with plastic to prevent shorting if the metal breaks through the insulation. As long as only one wire is run under them it is not a problem but it seems like it is

Allan My problem is a bit more complicated. I think I'll generate a picture and post it later, it will explain things better. Essentially, if an area served by 3 or 4 PSX breakers

Hi Blair, For people that have some form of electronic circuit breakers and need reversing, think about products like the PSX-AR that has both in one unit. The obvious advantage is that they are

Sorry for the tardy reply, but I must report that I've seen this problem for quite some time on my RR, which includes about 18 PSX and 4 PSXAR devices. Upon reporting it to Tony's and asking for a

I have two large staging yards.  They are accessed via two parallel tracks that enter an optional crossover - trains can go straight through either side of the crossover, or can cross over.  This

Thanks. We use diluted carpenter's yellow, haven't had a problem yet but detection is just arriving on scene - I've been relying on just checking bus-to bus-resistance so far, for the

"My T-25 is my friend." John, Totally agree.  I came across mine last fall in a box of tools that came from my Father-in-law's shop.  I had always been unhappy with either using a T50 stapler

It would be nice if Digitrax would update their PM42 to solid state with screw terminals. They could call it PM52 and charge $10 more for it. One of the reasons I went with the PSX’s is because they

There were several products in the past made of organic material. Ground pecan shells or some such. Bad. We use a rock product, not sure the latest vendor. (Lots of vendors come and go over 30

Thank you for this, Allan. I currently have four PM42 units installed. My next expansion would have added two, possibly four depending on how power hungry staging gets, but I have been

PSX users with Digitrax equipment: I wish I had remembered this sooner. When I set up my PSX's, I had problems. After checking everything I could, I contacted DCC Specialties. It turns out when I