I'm 77, started building my current HO layout in 1978. It will NEVER be 100% finished. Good luck to you, all I've read in response to your email is excellent in my opinion, especially the turnout

Hi Ty, welcome to the hobby. Is it the first run? I was out of it for 20 some odd Years and came back with a bang. N scale is good for long runs. There's a good column in Model Railroader dedicated

Hi! On my Shinohara 3 way I ended up putting power feeds at each ray point. The engines lost power on the out rays. Now it works as it should. Jay

Thanks Don.

Don't stop too fast, I am right behind you (71). You might also consider On30. You have the size of O-scale in the space of HO. Yes, building are larger, however there are smaller ones

Be sure to read through the discussions and photos of various turnout issues and modifications on Allan's site www.wiringfordcc.com DonV

unless your eyes are very strong I'd go to HO. You'll love the NCE system. I have the wireless 10 amp system that powers up all 10 locos at one time w/o an issue. The track you choose in the design

Welcome Ty. NCE is a good choice for an easy to use DCC system. As for the scale... How good is your eyesight? You can pack a lot of RR is a relatively small area in N scale. but it is more difficult

Hello - My name is Ty and at the young age of 73 I have decided to become a model railroader. I'm vacillating between HO or N Scale but I do know that I will be using NCE for my DCC. Looking

Generally the older Shinohara turnouts were of the power routing type with the point rails picking up power from the stock rails and passing it on to not only the frog, but also the exiting frog

I am doing a small yard layout and in it I am using four yard point triple turnouts. These are Shinohara not for DCC so I will modify each of the 12 switches for DCC, but I wondering where I should

If you are asking about the wiring of occupancy detection sections, the answer depends on the length of the run. It is better to place the detectors out by the track sections being detected to

Question: DCC wiring. Can I bundle wires 1 2 3 and 4 into the same wire run as long as they are all twisted.

You only need to gap one rail. It makes sense to monitor the same side rail in each block. Be sure to gap both ends of the rail for each block. You can provide multiple rail feeders... AFTER the main

I have a question. I am trying to set up block detection. I will be using NCE's DB20 detectors. I want 3 detection zones, all will be powered by the same booster. Can I isolate the positive

Bob, The whole issue of ground can be confusing. If I recall correctly, and I would need to look to be sure, but I have two vintages of power transformers for my NCE command station and 5 Amp

Bottom of both has a ground screw connect them to each other.

>>>> The command station has a 5 amp booster. NCE says to run a ground between the command station and all boosters (connecting to a screw on the bottom of the box). <<<< Correct. >>>> But

The command station has a 5 amp booster. NCE says to run a ground between the command station and all boosters (connecting to a screw on the bottom of the box). But what should I do with the ground

Bob, You can verify if the actual ground prong on the 120Vac power plug is connected to the PB5 booster case or not with a simple ohmmeter check. Does the NCE command station also have an internal