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Walthers DCC Turntable and Advanced Control Module
Good evening everyone. I just purchased a Walthers 90' DCC turntable and the Advanced Control Module to go with it. I installed the TT without any problems and the programing wasn't too bad. But my problem is getting the ACM to work. I read the instructions and they seem fine but when I try and follow them I'm lost. In particular, I am trying to use the Track Power Relays feature. I purchased a relay and hooked everything up as best I can but no joy. My electrical engineering friend was also baffled.
Walthers Cantilever Grade crossing signal with on off switch
Hi there, I have the two Walthers cantilever crossing signals for my grade crossing. The idea is manual operation via an on/off switch. No train detection in either direction and across three tracks operated.
Here is the grade crossing in question:
Napanee Viaduct Update 2
Got the castings in place, roughly positioned. Bridge piers trimmed to length, river insert cut to size and prepped. Now to build some blocking to hold the castings in place, finish the dam and set it down into the foam. Then paint the falls and add water effects -- including the saran/acrylic falling water. Then redo the approach track... still, it is what has been in my minds eye since I started this project.
N Scale BLMA grade crossings
I've got a few road crossings planned and will be using a combination of the rubber and concrete grade crossings from BLMA.
These will be the first brass parts I'll have ever worked with.
Since they are etched brass, I have a few questions for finishing them before installing them.
1. Are there any particular tools to use for trimming the crossing pieces from the spur
2. For finishing the crossings, what colours have any of you used for the rubber and concrete versions?
How are construction debris loaded on to rail cars?
This is spurred from a photo I took a few years ago seen here
wifi camera car HO scale
We have an exhibition comming up and i have a dummy loco that i would like to add a camera to and live stream back to a computer that then broadcasts back to a screen.
Was thinking along the lines of what the drones use, but not sure what parts to start looking for. Will order from alli express but where to start or help would be great.
The patrons would love to see the point of view on a screen
A simple manual turntable Part 2. How and who operated it?
The turntable works flawlessly and this post will be about detailing the pit and bridge, and the lessons learned.
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Auto Reversers and Frog Juicers
I was poking around the MERG site and asked a question about auto reversers and frog juicers. On poster expressed an opinion that those sorts of circuits carry an inherent flaw in that they depend on a short circuit to work. Shorts, of any kind, can result in spikes on the DCC signal which we know can harm decoders.
I am not very familiar with the functions of these types of things and less knowledgeable about the format of the DCC signal. Is there merit to his opinion? Has anyone experienced that kind of thing when using an autoreverser or juicer?
MERG - Model Electronic Railway Group
I recently came across a group called MERG (Model Electronic Railway Group). They are a UK based group that are concerned with the use of electronics in model railroading. Electrons flow the same in the UK as they do here in North America so I decided to check them out.
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