DCC - Electrical

...So, I needed a Loco Cradle in a hurry...

Sooo, I needed a stable Loco Cradle in a hurry...
(I do hate when inspriation to Get-a-Job-Done strikes, but you can't lay hands on that tool you really need right this moment...
...fantastic way to waste valuable/rare time and effort, searching for the tool you need just to get-started...)

- couple of pieces of Foamcore, and an offcut of corner-packing foam
(a piece of lint-free offcut material, say the front of a discarded cotton T-shirt, could also work in a pinch)

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What's on Your Workbench - December 2021

Is it really December? Let's see your latest layout and workbench projects! Share your notes and photos on this forum thread.

Eric

 

Eric Hansmann
Contributing Editor, Model Railroad Hobbyist

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http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/

Speed matching

Is there an easier way to speed match? What have is two different decoders  and trying to match them up in a consist. I’m using an older super chief with a dsc 100  

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TCS UWT-50 Update

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Bachmann 4-6-0 Running Slowly

Hi all!

I recently purchased a used Bachmann spectrum 4-6-0 that came with a factory tsunami sound decoder. It runs, but very slowly even at full throttle on my DCC system. I've tried resetting the decoder and that did not fix anything.

Does anyone have any input? I am really hoping that I did not buy a lemon.

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1992 Walthers SW1 motor info

Hi all,

I have a friend that wants me to install a sound decoder in a 1992 Walthers SW1.

I am trying to find out if anybody has done this?

My real concern is finding out if the motor is wired similar to the old Athearn blue box locomotives that have it so you need to isolate the motor like Athearn.

Thanks,

Barry

Sound for Union Pacific M-10000

I know that Con-cor sells a Digitrax sound decoder for the HO scale M-10000. Are there any other decoders and/or sound files available for the Winton 191A motor?

What does the Con-cor decoder sound like? Is there anything better?

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Atlas Signal System and JMRI

I have the layout wired into blocks with BD20's and the tortoise switch machines wired into the DCC bus, so the next phase will be adding signals.  

There are a number of options out there but the Atlas Interlock and signal control boards seem to be the most readily available ones.  Ideally I am envisioning all the signals to display red until the dispatcher lines up a train.  Is it possible to use the Atlas signal control boards with JMRI?  


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