Charlie, What you propose makes perfect sense. There are many switch machine controllers out there. Take a good look at the Team Digital SMD82 as it can interface directly with pushbuttons, be

Greetings: I have a 12 track double ended staging yard with a reverse loop on one end and three tracks leading to the modeled portion on the other end. I have just purchased an NCE Pwer Pro and

The european strip is expensive. I buy them from ebay for about 80 cents. Jay

Try here also http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/755/Terminal-Strips/1.ht ml From: WiringForDCC@... [mailto:WiringForDCC@...] On Behalf Of Carl Sent:

Hi Gang: Electronics Goldmine has some nifty terminal strips. The first is for solar panels, has 11 outputs each with their own

Hello RR Dick: I have 6 rolling cabinets in the center space that house my RR magazines and supplies. I had considered a peninsula or perhaps a connection for modules. I ended up happy with what I

IMPRESSIVE! Thanks for sharing & the invitation to visit, though not likely to happen. Sure wish I had that sort of space. It looks like you have a large open center space. Did you ever consider a

No. In fact, I personally believe too many people try to engage in the hobby based on some imaginary formula for success, or try to copy something they like based on some magazine article.

Hello RR Dick: I am always open to visitors, just ask. I do have some photos posted, mostly of control panels and wires, but here is one of the 1" / 1' study

LG, I forgot to ask you... In your experience, is there some benchmark, rough standard guideline formula, regarding amount of track to sqaure feet of layout space that is used to determine an

Reach isn't too much of a problem... I'm TALL w/a long reach & layout height is relatively short to accomodate my short wife. Table is ~44" high. Also, I do have access to back side of

Carl, Your layout sounds QUITE interesting. I'd love to see it. Do you have an illustration/diagram or pics (overheads)? How steep are the grades? R you running Shays, Heislers, Climaxes? Layout

Probably small rural town supporting primarily logging & MOW facility w/some (not a lot) freight switching. Running 2 trains at most. Switching cars in and out of the train? What do Insulation foam

Sage advise. Thank you. I've heard the same from some others & will do some re-thinking. SOOO true, as I'm discovering. I guess that's 1 of the fun thing aabout the hobby. Differing opinions

Yes Richard... loops C and P. But any travel on tracks between turnouts 4 & 15 and/or between 4 & 17 will reverse the direction of train travel. Since these are linked together by the hidden/dotted

It seems like you're talking about Rev. loops C & P. Am I right? I want to be sure that I take care that these will gaps take care of all the other wyes & loops that I think are on the layout plan.

About a third of my layout is on trestle, which I'm now commencing. The bents are 6" wide at top and 8" wide at bottom. The minimum height is 6" I have a Digitrax Diginetwork enclosed in PVC

Richard, I would advise you to keep working on your layout design. I think there are two critical problems aside from your learning curve on DCC/etc: 1) the dead space in the corners and in the

Hi Newbie: My layout runs around the room three times before it repeats. So when I had two loops finished I put in a temporary short cut where the third loop connects. It formed a steep grade so

This is the best advice i have read on this subject, I know this guy is completely right as i did exactly what the OP has done. Bite off small chunks, do not set yourself a huge job before you can