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

Hi Gang: Here is a question about twisting the bus wires. Would it work to twist the wires after they are installed? Like a tourniquet, put a stick at the mid point and start twisting. Like this: =///

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

No one has explained what snubbers are since this thread started. Looks like I don't need them since my layout runs perfectly without them. Sounds like people here like to make things complicated. I r

Hello Allen: Your website asks to let you know if anyone is running a three rail layout. I have since 2002, it has taken 3 major re-wirings to work well with DCC, and an optional switch to Lionel AC.

I am building a layout with four power districts. Three of the PDs have the power source located centrally, allowing for two track bus of less than 30 feet. I would help to locate the fourth PD such t

-- Hello everyone a question I have that I know has been answered before I am sure. I am building an n scale double crossover with Peco code 55 turnouts and a Peco crossing. The turnouts are Electrofr

Hi Gang: Can anyone point me to the electrical codes that apply to our train layouts, the low voltage ( <12v. ) systems. By 120v. standards not much of what we wire would pass, DCC, DC or AC. I have a

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

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

I have some nice heavy (14 gauge) wire that I’m using for bus wires. The current plan is that the HO standard gauge will be DCC, while the HOn30 narrow gauge will, at least for now, be DC only. Does a

I am installing dr4088ln current sensors from digikeijs, the + wires run to the sensor, the common returns back to control. so wires dont necessarily end up in pairs and certainly not twisted, Q. Do w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdLzRL3u-w I am considering modeling these cars and whole trains in N scale; including the Red Genset Locomotive in NWP. I am wondering how they bury the Different Col

The area I am modeling - Northern California - has built up Levees and Berms; often above the known flood planes at 2-4 feet or higher above the surrounding ground level. https://www.youtube.com/watch

Another product that offers complete turnout control, including panel indicators, is the Walther's Layout Control System: https://www.walthers.com/products/walthers-control-system While systems like t

How do i wire turnout switches and motors and add direction signal led lights

I recently started wiring my first section of a large layout and am using a short detection beeper, built like the one described on the wiringforDCC website. I noticed a couple times the beeper reacti

About a year ago I had contacted Peco. The word has been that they intended to expand the line as current tooling wore out. When I asked for an estimate on when that might be for HO code 100 their res

I have a NCE Power Cab and want to add a NCE CP6 circuit protector and an Auto SW Program Track auto switch. Im thinking I should go from the PNP to the CP6, then to the AUto SW and from the Auto SW u

I am sorry if this has been asked before, or if this question should go elsewhere. I currently operate DC, mainly because of the number of locomotives that will need work. I do have a few locomotives