Greetings, I hope this finds each of you well. I'm in need of some help. I've got a hidden staging yard where the Tortoise turnout motors are controlled with a rotary switch. I'd like to use red/green

Hello to a great group in a great hobby. Quick question: Does anyone have an easy way to get long lengths of the outer jacket off a Cat5e cable? I have a huge roll of Cat5e cable and already hooked up

Greetings, I am converting all of my turnouts to "Live Frogs," using the Tortoise Switch Machine. Is there a way to also make these turnouts "Power Routing?" Thank you, Michael Boyle

I have a DCC F7 that is hooked up to a small camera centered in the lower headlight. Years ago I eliminated the 9V battery by using power from the DCC rails. The unit no longer works beyond 3 feet or

Greetings, I hope this finds each of you staying healthy. I have a power district that is just over 40 feet long. This power district is divided into five sub-districts protected by four circuit break

Hello All, I just installed a PECO SL-E99 Code 100 three Way turnout on my Layout and my track is code 83 but I have transitional joiners so solve that minor problem. I have two Tortoise Machines cont

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Hi, I have an N scale KATO track system using an NCE PowerCab(no boosters) and all NCE hardware for DCC and JMRI. 1. Has anyone experienced this problem: I have 12 SKs that are Rev C or E and are the

Hello I am using the Digitrax PM 42 to segment 4 power sub-districts. My track is already down and soldered. I did not use plastic insulating rail joiners to separate the districts. Is this required?

Hi all, I was soldering feeders to an HO Peco Electrofrog turnout using resistance soldering. I kept the heat on it too long and heard a "sizzle". Sure enough when I checked with my meter one of the s

Larry Puckett (the DCC Guy) has some videos on YouTube where he explains how to build control panels. On one of his yard panels, he uses a lighted push button that lights when pushed and indicates the

On my NCE DCC Power Cab layout, after over 10 years of successful operation, my DCC locomotives began to reset the system after I had accelerated above 3 or 4 on the 28 speed setting. By reset, I mean

Hi, I'm hoping someone uses the NCE Switch Kat to control Kato Turnouts and can help me. I have a Kato track system using an NCE Power Cab and 16 NCE Switch Kats. When I just used the Power Cab system

I am wiring a staging yard control panel for push button routing using a NCE Switch 8 and NCE mini panel. I wired the Switch 8, tested it, and each tortoise responded to their accessory addresses corr

Hello, All This came up on the Digitrax list. I thought this might be of interest, and certainly more on-topic, here. For those who don't wish to solder every connection on the layout, it's often nece

Stumped by wiring issue: I've been using NCE Power cab with the NCE SB5 for years with no problems on my layout. Recently I installed nearly 30 Tortoise machines with separate DCC power. Six of the ma

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I am building a toggle switch panel that will control all my turnouts by connecting the 3 (SPDT 3 or 6 lugs) toggle switch leads to a NCE mini-panel and programming it to throw the turnout Tortoises v

In the photo albums, the first photo in “Charles layout design” shows the 3 isolation locations on the peninsula for auto rev. #2. I’ve removed all electricity from this area except the output side of

The following photos have been uploaded to the Charles updated layout album of the w4dccqa@groups.io group. CCauble simplified.jpg By: Blair <smithbr@...>