Hardcoaler, Very interestink! On both counts - toggle switch innards and the Russki gear. I'm a Russian-speaker, and that misspelling of...
About a month ago, I installed nine new toggle switches (Tawainese made) on my control panel for Tortoise control of Shinohara turnouts. Each is...
Thanks for all your suggestions!
I'm looking for a razor saw to cut an electrical gap (to then be filled in with styrene or another insulating material) in a HO nickel-silver...
Tulsan, Send me a PM with an e-mail. It'll make a whole lot more sense when you can see the schematic and offer suggestions and insights based...
Tulsan, As for your point in the last paragraph above: With the current layout's direct connections between turnouts nos. 8 and 10 and between...
Tulsan, Good points for further thought. The mainline direction DPDT ("A") controls direction along the mainline tracks only, but not within the...
Tulsan, My original posting was far too wordy and complicated, so I've simplified it here with the PDF agan attached. You'll have to rotate it...
Tulsan, Well, I wired as you suggested, but it didn't work as I want - and as it did flawlessly on an identical track configuration I tore down...
Tulsan, Eggs-a-lent! I do plan to run a feeder to the other rail.
Tulsan, Thanks. I've already got the SPDTs, so I'll stick with them. I'm using one power pack for track power (this is a one-train operation);...
My recently expanded HO layout (PDF attached) is DC powered. It has double reverse loops, which I've successfully wired to their own dedicated...
To power the frogs on my DCC-friendly Shinohara turnouts, I plan to solder a 22-AWG wire to the inside wing rail of each turnout (rather than from...
Question answered elsewhere.
Just when - under what circumstances, that is - is it necessary to power the frogs? Not just recommended, but necessary. From what I've read so...
Page 18 of the June issue of Model Railroader has a new product listing for a "carailer," a tool for getting derailed cars back on track. It's...
Byron, Train #61 rolled into the station today, sixteen months after #60 departed for the junk yard! Thanks to you and the board for your...
Mystery solved. The new Journal editor replied on another forum that the SIG is still breathing and that the next Journal is now at the...
Agreed. But if you look around a bit you'll see BOD names and term expiry dates between 2016-2018 and promotions for its participation at the...
I don't believe so according to what I heard from the NMRA some time ago. It's a 501(c)(3) non-profit registered in CT. The website is:...
