Hi guys,

I have a question for you.  I was looking at buying a Bachman 2-8-4 Berkshire with DCC for 999 South African Rands (about $87), but now also have the option of getting my hands on a Bowser #100475 All metal Northern 4-8-4 locomotive kit (incl. tender), but also including the #100485 Super Detail kit, for ZAR 1,200 (about $104).  I would definitely want to convert the loco to DCC&Sound, but not sure how to do that. 

I am new to the hobby, and would therefore like your opinions/assistance on the following two questions:

hi could some one help me with point motors

i have purchased a nce powercab and i would like to run 5 peco pl 10 point motors with switches. the frog is insol frogs. dcc concept said that i will have to run a separate power supply but on the point motor it is saying the the voltage is 16 v ac and that is my problem. can anyone tell me how to hook them up and what power supply to use  

I want to remotor one of my O scale engines using a coreless motor. Coreless motors the size needed for an O scale engine are expensive (at least here in Germany). A suitable 12 V coreless motor is about 125 EUR (OUCH). Now I saw the same motor, only as 24 V version for 75 EUR. Being no expert when it comes to these electrical matters I wonder if it would make any difference or is the 24 V motor not going to work properly? I am running with DCC, so adjusting the start voltage would be no problem if necessary.

Working on my friend layout and trying to figure how to wire a section of a wye for long trains with metal wheels.  The tail track actually leads to another section of the layout.  I am thinking that If I  double isolate the tail track switch ( hand laid fasttracks) at the diverging routes and make a long enough section down the tail track to handle any length train that will be enough. , but my confusion is on how to flip the frog?  we are using tortosie machines.  Do I just hook up the bus wires to that section of track as well?