Track and electrical/DCC

Power source for home made jump throttle

Thu, 2014-02-06 19:51 — ajcaptain

I'm going to assemble a home made jump throttle.  Some good (simple) plans are available.  They all call for 9 or 12 DC volts. My question is, will an unregulated wall wart work?  If so, I think I would go with a 9 volt model as these tend to put out higher voltage than advertised.  Would a switching wall wart be better?  I would not think a high amp rating would be needed.

Thanks!

John C

Peco Electrofrog HO Turnouts in staging

Thu, 2014-02-06 14:28 — Visitor

I am concidering using Peco electrofrog turnouts in my staging yards.

Curved code 75 in an open staging yard and medium code 100 in a more or less hidden staging. Elswhere I am using different brands of code 70 and code 83 turnouts and track.

I want to hear about your experience with said turnouts. Not so much regarding the electricity issues, as I am well aware of that I have do tune them up to make them function well with DCC.

I want to hear about how these Peco turnouts function with US rolling stock.

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TCS KOD8-A, Kato Genesis P42, Light Question

Thu, 2014-02-06 05:29 — Athlon

Hello,

I have an NCE Powercab DCC system with the USB accessory.  I just added a drop-in decoder to one of my N scale Kato Genesis P42's - a TCS KOD8-A.

I cannot get the rear light to come on.  Everything else seems to work fine.  I have JMRI loaded and can program with that, but this is my first one, so I'm not sure where to start troubleshooting.

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Suggestions for fixing rail on switch? (pic)

Wed, 2014-02-05 07:47 — Matt Forcum

Hello all,  I've got a short, 2 inch section of rail on one of my Walthers/shinoharra switches where the rail has rolled towards the inside a bit which causes regular derails. (see picture)  I'm not sure what has caused it. Maybe temp change?

Anyway, its location has me nervous about how to go about fixing it.  Any advice would be helpful!

 

Looking for auxilary computer programs

Tue, 2014-02-04 11:44 — southernpacificgs4

Hello

 

I am looking for computer programs for changing CV'S of decoder, making switchlists, making timetables, etc...

 

Yours sincerely

 

southernpacificgs4

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What is this Bachmann track section?

Sun, 2014-02-02 17:26 — edfhinton

I found this in a bunch of old track from an estate sale.  It is Bachmann but I don;t know what exactly this is supposed to be for with the small wheel and what look like signals perhaps?

Thanks,

-Ed

 

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Long Curved Track Installation

Sun, 2014-02-02 14:26 — JC Shall

I'm nearing the end of a peninsula end with my mainline track and I'm coming up to the turnback curve.  I've been pondering a couple installation questions.  I've read through quite a few threads about putting in a long curved track but still don't quite have a handle on these items.

Best # turnout for a ladder track yard

Sun, 2014-02-02 11:56 — Drastal54

i am building a new section of my layout which will include a small 3 track yard with a run a round i have 18 inches from the wall.

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Praise for WiThrottle

Sat, 2014-02-01 04:39 — OKGraeme

Last weekend we had the monthly Operating session on Steve Davis' KCS 3rd Sub in Coweta OK. The layout is controlled by a Digitrax DCC system and Steve has just added the capability of using an APP on you phone for control.

Who makes this track?

Fri, 2014-01-31 10:01 — trambue

Hey all,

I have some flex track, in HO scale code 100 N/S, that is 36" long and has black ties. It looks like atlas track, but the only marking on the bottom is, GT Italy.

I've only used atlas track in the past, witch is pretty easy to use, and this other track is a lot more stiff than the atlas. Harder to make in a curve.

Can anybody tell me anything about this track, who makes it, is it old track, is it worth my time?


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