Finally had some time to look at this.... it was a loose DCC wire from the decoder I installed hindering the front truck, it worked its way down...
im going to look into many of these suggestions, but I think I will start with the pivot, see if it's free....the loco is from 1984 or so, blue...
Atlas Code 100 Customline Turnout Left Hi all, I am having a heck of a time nailing down why only one of my locomotives is jumping up and...
thanks, that's another thing I was thinking about, the power drops on the turnout itself. saved me some time... I'll just go ahead and do the...
Ok, I see that it might be possible. I will mock them up in a yard configuration on a test board. If they end up working without troubles, I'll...
I have 4 of these Atlas #850/#851 turnouts. I think I already know the answer, but just confirming that I will have troubles when the locos are...
on that note, I would like to ask about couplers. I am looking at the Kadee couplers Kadee - The Coupler People I have the oldschool couplers...
Thanks much for the insight. I am trying to think ahead of time what's needed and try not to make more work out of this.
I have re-purposed an old 300w power supply from one of my computers. I am going to take advantage of the 12/5/3.3v rails and there's going to be...
Thanks all for the insight. I have been reading up on easements and will try to slip them in from the straights to curves (when possible). I am...
...Found this book inside of my old box of HO stuff... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] :p
Hi, longest loco an Atlas 6 axle.. not sure of the length but I did test it with a mockup radius, under its own power, it was going through just...
I like your suggestion, buy the booster & breaker and wire all through there. I think that makes the most sense for the setup I have. Still...
Hi, its for HO. The original post, I was asking about 15"R's for HO scale... was told not to do it. So I updated it, posted just above... came...
Hi, I am thinking 6 districts in my layout. Am I going overboard with 6? or less will suffice? I am running NCE Powercab and plan on 3 engines...
Hello all! I have a question about short protection on my DCC layout. Watching this video on how he does it, I do want to apply similar to my...
Yeah, I was asking how to accomplish this. Thanks for the reply, as I will do as you suggest. Power is always on, so it's a matter of hooking up...
Hello. I have a plan to install a panel with momentary push buttons hooked up to switch tenders from Micro Mark. I will also have LED's. What I...
That's what I needed to hear. Thank you. I do have some existing 6 axle locomotives that I do not want to render useless. So, the latter layout...
Hi Boxcab, thanks for the insight! I would like to specifically ask about those 15"R corners, should I try to avoid those? I have a modified...
