Track and electrical/DCC

Hand laid curved turnouts

I have a fast tracks jig for #8 and #10 switches with the point forms etc. I'd like to hand lay s couple curved #8s and #10s. Will the jig for the frog work for this once the rails are curved or will the geometry be thrown off by bending the rails?

Electromagnets on the Sunset Valley

I noticed that Bruce Chubb's layout uses numerous Kadee electromagnet uncouplers. I was wondering how Bruce powers them - e.g an AC or DC power supply with push buttons on local control panels, or using a timer circuit so that the electromagnets are not burned out because a button was pressed for too long a time. On one layout I had (only about 13' x 18') I used a common AC power supply for all push buttons/electromagnets, but when a button was pressed an annoying buzzer sounded, reminding the operator that the electromagnet was still energized.

Thanx,

Which DCC throttle is the most confortable for layout visitors?

I hosted my first OPS session last week with a small group.  I have a Digitrax system (all radio) with both simplex DT100R and DT300R; and duplex DT402D and UT4D throttles.

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NCE NEW SYSTEM??? MR SENT E MAIL OUT

What gives Joe. You are their hows about a report.

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Tortoise Wiring Question

Hello,

I want to make sure I am doing this correctly.  I want to turn the two SPDT switches built into the Tortoise Switch Machine into 1 DPDT switch.  From the diagram included with the Tortoise, I think I make the following connection:

Terminal 2 to Terminal 6

Terminal 3 to Terminal 7

Terminal 4 to DC+

Terminal 5 to DC-

Terminal 6 to Application +

Terminal 7 to Application -

Thanks In advance.

DarickT

Jurgen Kleylein's picture

User-friendly DCC cabinet

Joe showed some interest in our DCC cabinet from our club layout on another thread.  I promised to provide some more details about it.  

NCE Booster Theoretical Question

Hey DCC Guys!

This is more of a theoretical question but here goes:

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N scale c55 Dual Diamonds

This is a custom set of dual N scale diamond crossings. I'm close to finishing this project and sending the diamonds to their eventual owner in California, Clif Linton. On Clif's layout, the diamonds are for the crossing of the single tracked B&OCT and the double tracked BRC on his Chicago themed '70's layout.

The ties are all PCB ties, gapped and cut to length. They are placed over a printout from 3rd Plan It on some clear tack film. The code 55 ME rails have been cut and soldered to the PCB ties.

JMRI Questions again...

OK i got this thing hooked up to me computer. Follow all of the directions, but it does not detect any loco's on the program track or the main (OP's Mode). Now it did detect one bachmann decoder (non-sound), but my MRC (sound) and Bachmann Tsunami it does not see. I was able to run this engine with the computer throttle, but that was it.

So if you have any advice I would appreciate it. I have posted on the Yahoo groups, but no feed back (well one post) so far.

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Hole Size for Tortoise Switch Machine Wire

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but a search didn't turn up an answer for me.


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