Thanks Don, That is easy and makes sense. -Michael

Thanks Paul, One of the great benefits of aging is the inability to see what is right in front of us. I got the image loaded. It is in the folder labeled Long AR with a turnout in the middle. -Michael

Well, the diagram didn't come through and I can't figure out how to upload a photo, though I've created an Album. Help? -Michael Boyle

Hello Allan, Thanks for your help. I tried to upload a photo, following the instructions on the Help page, but could not find the Add Photos Button. So I've pasted the diagram below. The red track is

Thanks Don, Nice clear answer. It is possible the longest train might get sent down that track, so I'll make it a part of the AR. -Michael Boyle

Greetings, I run some long (15') lighted passenger trains so my AR stretches need to be at least that long. I have located the AR section to minimize turnouts off of the AR. My question is: Does the p

I want to use 14 AWG for my track bus because it simplifies the installation process by allowing me to use 3M 905 IDCs. From the booster there will be two 30' runs. Am I just asking for trouble by usi

Ed, I'm not sure where to find it on the other Decoder Pro pages but you can change it on the CVs page. Are you in Program Track mode? If so try reading the CV directly. During a "Read All," Decoder P

Hello Carl, Welcome to the wonderful world of "turnouts." The best information is at Allan's site: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/switches.htm Also take a look at: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/HOTurnoutsC

Can't find the files. -Michael

Hi Carl, Just went to All Electronics and ordered 100. Excellent! Thanks for the tip. Michael Boyle

Hi Morgan, It is so bad when this goes wrong. Don't make this mistake again, as so many of us have already done. It is so simple to avoid: Just a little stretch of dead rail and a switch. Follow the d

Hello Allan, I posted the topic "Offset Rail Gapping" both here and at the NCE-DCC@groups.io site. On that site Bruce Petrarca generalized the discussion to "Rail Gaps" and the discussion really took

Thank you, But what about the second part of the questions? How do we calculate the length of a track bus? -Michael

Greetings (again), I've got a yard that is about three feet wide. It has a ladder at both ends and a single track arriving and leaving. The track bus follows under the arriving track. Since I want to

Greetings, I've read, and been told, to offset the rail gaps between power districts. What is the science behind this and do we do that everywhere (for example in a reversing loop)? Thanks, Michael

Thanks Don, You are right, each rail is about 20 feet long and, yes, "every piece of rail will have a feeder." I like your suggestion of feeding each rail from the panel with a twisted sub-bus, this s

Greetings, I hope this finds you well, enjoying a little extra time to work on model railroading. I'm getting ready to wire a staging yard which has twelve leads. All of the leads, except the bypass t

Hi Allan, Thanks for your response. I am going to twist the track bus wires (three turns per foot) and put snubbers at all the ends. The one longer (40+ feet) bus got me to thinking about an article I

I am building a layout with 4 Power Districts. Three PDs have the power supply located at their midpoint and have two track bus that are each less than 30 feet long. It would be helpful to have the fo