I am working on an N scale structure project and want to add some animation. I need to animate part of it so there is a constant rotation of around 6-10 RPM. It isn’t large and load isn’t the issue. My questions are around the best way to provide a low RPM solution that can run for 10-20 minutes in a stretch.

Things I have considered:

Gear reduction on a small motor running at speed. My concerns with this are:

Hi to all;

A friend brought me a Proto 1000 RDC to repair ( not running ).  When I took the body off I found the first reason why it would not run, it had been converted to DCC, and the main board had been altered.

He wants me to get it working on DC again, I have fixed the cut traces on the board and removed the decoder.  There were 8 diodes that have been cut off and two jumper wires installed?  I have de-soldered and removed the cut off diode leads.

I'm building a simple loop with the DC running the engine and the AC powering the scenery lighting. I only have 4 streetlights, so it's not a big draw, but my controller says the output is 19V AC and the streetlights say 12V maximum (AC or DC). What do I need to do to make this work?

N-scale. Using Peco live frog turnouts, Peco switch machines, and the add-on (PL-13 Accessory switch) that does frog current switching automatically. Testing on bench was all good. Then after being put in layout, would not work. Apparently, the bottom current switcher, PL-13, was causing binding.