Please be patient as I’m new to this. Are you saying that I need a digitrax pm42 ? I can purchase one. Do I then wire from zephyr to pm 42 then to track bus ? Or 4 power lines to 4 different areas

Tim, Should you determine that you need to divide your layout into power districts with the Digitrax Zephyr Xtra as the command station then I have four suggestions of value: 1) Be sure to set the

Tim, Generally you won't need to isolate most places. Reverser loops are different animal. That layout looks like there are no reverser sections. On a layout that size, you might want to consider a

Hello I have built the atlas Ho-16 layout from the atlas book 11 atlas ho layouts for every space. I have purchased a Digitrax Zephyr XTra. Being new to model railroads, and Dcc, I’m looking for

Hi Folks: Our club used the Pi-SPROG 1 as the command station/booster for a T-TRAK layout we set up last October. It worked very well with one exception. A normal DCC Booster attempts to

Hi Jay, I have not used it so far but have considered it. Model Railroader recently did a review on this and found it to work pretty well using either Android or Apple throttle apps. I am currently

I just recently bought one with the 3D printed case, but have not had a chance to hook it up and try it. My to-do list keeps getting longer and longer… Joe Melhorn Sahuarita, AZ

Hi! Has any one used this system for their layouts yet? It definitely looks intriguing, especially if you already have some Raspberry Pi' 3's laying around. It is here:

F YI..our club uses a Shinohara C100 (old version with double crossbars on the point rails) three-way in our passenger yard..unmodified for DCC. It works just fine with all of our rolling stock. We

Tis funny. I started model railroading in 1958 or thereabouts. Joined a club. DC only. Had built a 4' x 6' layout - a loop with a switchback siding. Played a bit. Since I was familiar with PRR, that

Hi Jeff, Massoth has had good reviews here and there. For me, the deal breaker was that it is not a system that is supported by JMRI. If you plan to add a computer in the mix, cutting off that avenue

DCC works great outdoors too, very happy with it, and saved a lot of money over battery. www.elmassian.com

Thanks. I hadn’t considered it. I will take a look.

I am going out on a tree limb, and Mark is at the trunk with a saw. Since you are at ground level you might consider using radio control with battery power. Check out: AirWire 900 from CVP

Jeff, Check out my website, WiringForDCC.com, and look for the section on DCC in the Garden. http://www.wiringfordcc.com/garden.htm Allan Gartner Wiring For DCC

Thanks for all the great advice and information. I run G scale and my layout will be outside. I don't have it built yet as I moved a few years ago and everything is still in boxes. I'm ready to get it

I have a series of DCC presentations that I have given around the country over the years at NMRA events. There are 4 clinics at the bottom. Basic DCC info, Wiring, Decoder Wiring and Decoder

Jeff, Like Mark, I bounced around DCC. My first purchase was a box of an antique MRC Command 2000 stuff. I like it still, unfortunately it was not compatible with modern-er decoders. Then I acquired

Jeff, For many of us it's a combination of Musical Chairs and a Journey into the unknown. Which exact DCC Controller along with it's various components (Mostly Decoder - Sound and Non Sound) you

OK Jeff, start asking.