DC - Electrical
Circuitron DT-4 Rolling Stock Detector
Hey Guys I have 2 double ended staging tracks that are “blind”, not hidden as I have access to them from the other side of the backdrop. I was looking installing a Circuitron DT-4 Rolling Stock Detector since I can not see them when I operate.
http://www.dallasmodelworks.com/products/product_detail_accessories.asp?ItemNumber=CI-800-5204
Sound and lighting without DCC
My 0 Gauge layout is quite large ant operates satisfactorily with DC.
I wish to add sound and lighting to some of my locos without using DCC.
I heard about Soundtraxx and QSI. Any advice will be welcomed.
Richfield RailRunners
Hello All, Our 5th week of work and we ave about a 3rd of the layout up. Last week we built a 3 turn helix using spline roadbed. It looks GREAT and the trains move up and down perfectly. This week we are going to put electrical drops in and continue laying track.
Need some one who actually knows something about wiring....
I need a little help. I'm working on a control panel to help a friend align his turnouts and keep his trains on the route that he wants them on. The turnouts are Atlas code 83 snap switches and the switch machines are the Atlas above the table solenoids. I'd originally wired them to the Atlas controllers but a row of controllers was confusing to him and the switches caught a couple of times and burned up solenoids. I want to recess the momentary switches and give him a more graphic way to control the layout.
Micro Toggel switches.
I am new to the hobby and I have a partially completed layout and some used electric switches. I was going to buy some micro toggels to use with the switches but I do not know what amperage to buy. I located some .4 amp and some .5 amp. My power plant is .5 dc and .4 ac. Which toggels will work?
Tam Valley Servos 2
Well, I got my servos installed. The first one took a couple hours I had to learn the accessories functions of my NCE PowerCab as well as the servo features. I had never used accessories before. The fourth servo took about 15 minutes to install. The programming is straight-forward once you get through the first one..
DC wiring question
Sorry if this seems obvious to those already in the know, but I'm new at this. I'm building a 4' X 8' layout with DC wiring using common rail. Does anyone have suggestions as to what I can use to connect the common rail wires from my blocks all together? I'd like to try to avoid having to do a lot of soldering together (I have 12 blocks on the layout) so if anyone knows of some apparatus/device that lets me connect all the common rail wires together using screws or whatever I would appreciate it. Thanks all in advance for your ideas.
DC Power Packs
I would like to find some specs on the Atlas #311 Power Pack. It's DC, yep. Width and depth interest me too. Does it have holes on the back for mounting on set screws? Thanks if anyone has some info on this, pro or con.
Otie
Manly Switch Machine Toggles
I am by training an industrial technologist. Part of my job is purchasing industrial automation parts and networking with suppliers. Recently I was in contact with a supplier in the Ukraine and it came up that we are both model railway enthusiasts. We chatted trains for a bit and I placed a small order for industrial parts. The shipment arrived a couple of days ago safe-and-sound but with a surprise. Inside the main box was a smaller box addressed directly to me with these inside:
Symphony 77 Sound Station
I am looking at purchasing a MRC Symphony 77 sound station has anybody have one and uses it. The
local hobby shop does not have them in stock so I can hear how it sounds. I was wondering if anybody
out there has one and can tell me a little bit about it or maybe I can hear it on a short video.
ron netti
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