After years of armchair model railroading, I'm finally in the midst of designing my first real layout. The space is roughly 12' x 28' and will have 2’  shelves around the walls with a center peninsula, all of it will be double deck. The location will be North Vancouver BC.

Working away on my lift bridge - lighthouse combo project and decided that I wanted to handlay track on the bridge rather than use the solid deck that came with in the box.  Pretty sure that railway lift bridges did not have their track on a solid surface. 

Anyway stumbled on this site: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-34-343/chap4.htm 

From of all places military information for global security.  Who would have thunk it.

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I’m just getting started and having trouble understanding how to wire Peco (Electrofrog) switches, Tortoise switch motors together with switches and LEDs for my control panel. I am including a diagram i have made.

Is this diagram correct? Is my math concerning the current, voltage and resistance correct? Have missed something?

Hey everyone!  Names Dennis and I've finally decided after a long time to Design a new layout and could use some, any, advice haha.  I've always built small basic layouts in HO that I could roll under my bed and taught myself everything over the past threw Trial and Error.  I've come to the decision I want to put my collection of N scale trains into a home on a large layout rather then stored in boxes.  I'm also looking into investing in a NCE power cab system and start running DCC, but ill worry about that once i have track.  Ultamitly I'm wanting to build a m