I have a NCE DASR decoder in an older Atlas RS1, it had been working fine, I cleaned the wheels and tested it and it responded the my  MRC Prodegy Advance. I was working with JMRI trying to read and write the decoder. Now the decoder does not respond to anything. I have a PB-100 in line with my program track, it was flashing green.

I disconnected the PB100 and JMRI. I tried to read it and run it with the MRC system but nothing. I tried a factory reset but still nothing. I checked another RS1 with the DASR it works ok. Any ideas, did I kill the decoder?

I just picked up a NCE PowerCab this past weekend to be able to use and start testing DCC equipped locos (one of them being a Rapido Turbo train so I'd like to get a longer run.) that I've got in my roster.

On my current DC layout, I've got a N scale Shinohara 3-Way switch with all 3 diverging tracks (6 rails) being isolated from the 3-Way switch. Power is fed to the switch via rail joiners on the main.

Am I going to run into any shorting issues with the way it is currently wired for use with DCC?

Hello fellow modelers!

I would like to reveal to you a little story and yet another but very affordable DCC accessory decoder based on Arduino like board.

Ok, here's what's happened. I've got an Athearn Genesis SD70ACE that I'm giving a LED upgrade to. Teh LED's I ended up going with is warn white piko chip LED's from Evan designs that came assembelded with resistors, bridge rectifiers added in-line. I've got the LED's paired up and ready to go in, two for teh front headlights, two for the rear and then one for each of the front ditch lights. I tested them with a 9V battery both straight out of the package and again after I'd wired everything up to Micromark quick disconnects.