A wire from an actuator (tortise, servo, etc.) through a hole in a throw bar made from PC board, could touch foils on both sides. I build my turnouts in place and only use PC tie material for the thro

I have both 12 VDC and 5 VDC power buses on my layout, supplied from large switching power supplies I bought from Jameco. I use servos for most of my turnouts and all of the stub turnouts. (I had some

The Zimo MX10 system has an adjustable track voltage of 10 - 24 V, in 0.2 V increments. The overcurrent setpoint of the main output is also adjustable from 1 - 12 A, in 0.1 A increments. But it is not

On my layout (27' X 32') is use #12 AWG for the main DCC bus. #14 AWG sub-buses are used to divide the layout into electrical sections. I feed each sub-bus with a disconnect switch, for easier trouble

Besides Digitrax Transponding, which, as far as I know is only supported by Digitrax, you can use Railcom, which is supported by several manufacturers, mostly the European ones. Zimo also had their ow

The only Shinohara HO/HOn3 dual gauge turnouts I've seen have been older ones that are power routing, so you if you can stand using them that way, you only need to isolate the rails at the end of the

I been using a PowerFast Cable Tacker to staple my wires in place on my layout. Unlike standard staples, the staples for it have shoulders which stop the staple from entering the wood too far and crus

The Zimo MX7/3 auto-reverser can also handle the too-short reversing section using three reversing sections. It's switching is done electronically, not with electro-mechanical relays. It is also not i

I have a large scale garden railroad, but it is only 20' X 30' and is actually smaller than my basement Sn3/Sn2/S layout, which is my main layout. I could look at the DCC waveform on it with a scope o