Hi All, I am exploring the possibility of having a branch line cross my double track mainline at a couple of spots on the layout. I have to use the Kato N Scale 90 degree crossing track pieces connect

I have a couple of older s scale locomotives that have new can motors installed and was thinking about updating to dcc. Question is decoder selection. Is there a preferred way to go in s scale? This w

All, I'm in the process of building my first large HO scale railroad with Digitrax DCC. The layout features a hidden six track staging yard with a return loop at one end. I want to be able to use serv

Single Crossovers with Insulafrog Turnouts A question about how to correctly wire a single crossover made up of Peco Insulafrog turnouts came up over here as well, but it left me with a question. I ha

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/40109?page=1#comment-441676 No, the diagram is incorrect. The point rails form the frog, along with the wing rails. Today most prototype frogs are a one piece

I have a block that shows a false positive. The manual suggests a pot method of desensitizing. The p/n suggested seems to be unavailable at digikey. Can anyone provide alternative ideas or possible so

Looking over the newly posted material on this topic I'm feeling a little dense. I currently have a Powercab with the NCE auto switch for a separate programming track I installed directly under my lay

On my first big HO layout I used primarily Atlas > > > > https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/31007?page=1 > > > > If I recall properly I could throw 5-6 of those atlas turnouts with a > single CD

I'm thinking if I subsequently have a problem in the long term, perhaps the simply solution is to just drop in some wire clips like this between the closure rails and the main track, OR perhaps config

Good morning. I have been using Bi-Color Red Green LED's in multiple control panels on layouts since 1995. I use them in conjunction with tortoise switch motors. 2 LEDs are mounted in parrallel with o

I have lower quadrant semaphores controlled by tortoise machines. I want the blades to move automatically when the block protected by the semaphores is occupied/unoccupied. Is there an occupancy detec

Hi - I will have two sub-districts that will each need circuit breaker protection. I'm considering either getting one Digitrax PM42 or two DCC Specialties PSX circuit breakers. Will the PSX circuit br

Does anyone have any pics of an installation of RRCirkits components, particularly the Watchman and detection coils? I’m interested to see how people mounted them and how they connected the coils to w

I'm a newbie. Just wondering, is it possible to have a DCC wired layout but keep the TT as Kato sends it? I don't really want to control it with my cab (Digitrax). The idea being that the locomotive i

Hi All, I have learnt a lot reading through the wiringfordcc.com website. It is an amazing resource. As an intro, I am Kiran and I am getting started in the hobby and experimenting with a temporary la

Hey Gang! I've searched through the archives here and found a couple of posts from long ago that skirted around my question but no smoking gun of an answer. I'm building a reasonably large HO scale la

This is what I do know. N scale DCC NCE power cab. Peco turnouts or switches. The question is, the turnouts are used manually, they have been modified with two cuts. No wires go through the bottom of

After taking in all the advise from my friends about rewiring the layout, I gathered the materials needed, and started to work on the layout. I have all of the feeders in place on the first block. I t

I am looking for opinions about live vs power routed turnouts. I have a number of N scale Kato turnouts and am trying to decide which is best for my operation. I like that the Kato's can be traversed

I am planning my first HO layout and am looking for advice or confirmation of my proposed reversing sections. I just uploaded two drawings to my folder "Larry D's Layout". One drawing is the plan from