Good Afternoon I am relatively new to DCC and I have a few questions about wiring my layout. Here are the details of what I have done: 1. 3'x10' n scale unitrack layout (double tracked with several sp

All, I have added a section on cutting power to yard and roundhouse tracks in my website. You can find it at the What's New link at: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/wirefordcc_toc.htm#a1 Allan Gartner Wir

I have two 8 track staging yards at either end of my point to point layout. The main line run between the 2 yards is approximately 90 to 100 feet. Each staging yard is its own block and the main line

I have two 8-track staging yards on my layout, one at each of the point to point mainline of about 100 feet in length. Each staging yard is its own power block. I would like to be able to turn the pow

My friend has an early BLI PRR M1 that has a QSI decoder. I am unable to read the decoder, we have tried resetting the decoder with no luck. All it will do is sit on the track and make idle steam engi

Thank you and take care, John

I have added a topic on the Peco 3-Way turnouts to my website. You can get to it, along with other recent topics, in the What's New section of my website at: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/wirefordcc_toc

Hey everyone. New to the group and wiring my first layout in DCC. In my yard district, I have wired two Peco SL-99 3 way turnouts with the toe end opposite each other and joining from the right side o

Looking at the photo's there should almost be a groups page dedicated to reverse loops! We're in the process of converting to DCC and in deliberations on how best to wire/block the loops we have. Ther

Several new topics have been added to the Wiring for DCC website. You can find them in the What's New section at: http://www.wiringfordcc.com/wirefordcc_toc.htm#a1 The new topics are: 1. DCC safe sold

I have 13 remaining "non DCC friendly" Shinohara turnouts on my layout that have served well in DC. Now planning to convert to DCC, and reading the "Wiring for DCC" page, I have a dilemma. I don't des

Match So here is what I am doing now..... Cause I am not Steve Wozniak and can't put odd components together for Pong. https://www.modeltrainstuff.com/esu-50010-ecosboost-4-amp-ext-booster-mm-dcc-sx-m

Can anyone help me with this question? I'm re-entering the train scene but I'm asking if I am able to "mix-n-match" brands of power boosters. In other words, say I have an NCE DCC system. Can I add a

Larry Puckett had a item in the DCC Corner of the newest Model Railroader magazine about current being passed through the soldering iron tip which caused problems with some of his decoder installation

There's an article in the July 2019 Model Railroader reviewing several different DCC systems. Suggest reading thru it for some basics. In general, my impression form the article was No, but refer to t

hi all, last night i installed my dcs240 after some initial issues it's working ok now. The issues was it was shutting down imeadiatly with 4 beeps indicating a short. There was no short the shutdown

I want to address a problem I see. Not specifically this forum. But when someone asks a question, has a problem, etc. Why do the responses all seem to be: 1> over a beginners head. 2> involve spending

Hello all... I uploaded my Combination Layouts which together I have named the Betwixt And Between for I am also in an attempt to join them, using two Lionel Bascule Bridges, re-detailed to N Scale. T

No Apparently however - it is the other way around, with the ESU ECoS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJDefT8Udck I discovered that some DCC Decoders will not fully function even on their own brand (

I have an S gauge MTH F-3A/B set. It has the latest DCS version The DCS system leaves a lot to be desired in terms of operating on my NCE DCC system Layout! Many of the functions operate differently a