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MRC 1639 Steam Sound Decoder

Sat, 2018-01-13 14:13 — kirkifer

Track and electrical/DCC

Does anyone have experience with this decoder?

It is a MRC HO/N 1639 Sheer Brilliance Sound and Control DCC Decoder, Steam Articulated and 6 Non-Articulated Sounds,

Wiring a Walthers ACM turntable control board to a Relay 8 module? Help?

Fri, 2018-01-12 16:11 — Deane Johnson

Has anyone succeeded in connecting the Walther's Advanced Control Module to a Relay 8 (5v.) board? I could sure use some help as to what the wiring diagram should be.

I've done a lot of Googling for information and about all I find are other individuals who are equally frustrated, but no answers.

I'm going to use it to turn the track power on/off for each stall. It is supposed to do that automatically by activating a relay when the turntable is programed to go to a specific stall.

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"Virtual" control panel for old-school DC layouts

Thu, 2018-01-11 12:16 — edwardstd

Time for another hair-brained idea involving computers and model railroads.

As an N gauger, it's tougher for me to go over to DCC than it is for the larger scales, so I've been doing some thinking about how implement some of the advantages of DCC. One of the first things that comes to mind is the increased independence from the traditional cab control / track block system.

Inexpensive best code 100 turnouts for staging?

Thu, 2018-01-11 07:17 — jimfitch

So I am in the very early planning stages for a new larger layout. I did save all the track from my last layout and most of it is in very good condition for re-use. On my last layout I used code 100 track in staging because it was less expensive and appearance isn't important there.

Electrical CAD

Wed, 2018-01-10 13:41 — mbursztein

I'm looking for recommendations for a simple, low cost , CAD program to draw simple electrical diagrams that include simple electronic component, switches, terminal blocks.

Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

Moe Bursztein

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Peco code 55 switches

Mon, 2018-01-08 17:41 — theshoe

Hello, Sorry I'm sure this has been hashed over before but I'm a new on here and building my first new lay out in about 20 years so --- I up graded to code 55 track and it turns out all that's available is the electrofrog which is not so DCC friendly (were I believe a insulfrog would be) What is the best option to make them workable (I didn't want them powered) as most will be in a yard ?? Thanks for your help Tom

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ESU Loksound- popping noise after shutdown

Sun, 2018-01-07 14:25 — ErieMan47

Hi- I installed an ESU Loksound select direct sound decoder in an Intermountain F3. I used an ESU sugar cube 8 ohm speaker, mounted with some styrene baffles. All normal functions seem to work fine, and the sound is very good.

stall and sputtering

Sun, 2018-01-07 09:27 — kh25

i have section of track between two peco switches where my dcc engines will stall and sputter. the switches are peco non insulated Im thinking it is the rail the connects the frogs any ideas

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Rapido RailCrew switch machine mounting experiences

Fri, 2018-01-05 14:41 — MikeM

I was finally able to pick up a pair of the new Rapido RailCrew switch machines from my LHS for testing and noticed an issue that is mentioned in their demonstration video but does not appear in the instructions.