Now that Elsmere Junction is pretty well in, time to move on to Wilmington Yard.  The yard is recycled from my previous layout.  It has a main, runner, 5 yard tracks, a caboose track, scale track and lead.  There were a few industry tracks on the back side of the yard, across the main.  Originally only #1 track was double ended, that has been expanded in the new design to 2 double ended and 3 stub class tracks.  All tracks are class tracks, I don't have designated A&D tracks, but normally the yardmasters use the runner, #1 and now #2.

Hi All,

After being on a hiatus for the past couple of years, I'm looking to resume where I left off.  The reason for putting a hold on the hobby is due to my being laid off, and with the hobby being as expensive as it is, I just didn't have the budget.  However, I'm glad to say that I've been working now for the past year or so, and I've come to a point where I'd like to resume where I left off.

It seems that I have an engine that cannot be contolled by the throttle.  I think it has been somehow set to DC.  My question is, how do you reprogram the decoder back to DCC?  As soon as the engine is put on the track it takes off at high speed.  

Under construction, my Bachmann Trade Tower has some 60 LED's controlled by two Arduino Pro Mini microprocessors. One processor controls the the 13 story floor lights in a random pattern simulating movement of people within the building.  The other processor has a customized Geoff Bunza DCC decoder to control the upper corner lights and the mezzanine lights as well as the to be added Television tower on the top which will have blinking red LEDs.  

Thanks to Geoff Bunza for his excellent how to models.