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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by claycts</i> <br /><br />I have been following this thread with great interest since I am a modler and a business owner. The BIGGEST things that ANY customers want are: <br />1. Quality <br />2. Service AFTER the sale <br />3. Not being treated like a CASH COW to the supplier. (sorry $5.00 for a DPDT is a bit much) <br />4. Honest answer as to WHEN they will get what they order (6 weeks and counting on an order of an "IN STOCK NOW" item) <br />5. Enough information on the product so they can make a choice on what they need. <br />[/quote] <br />Good one George, <br /> <br />As a business owner AND a consumer I agree wholeheartedly. My business is designing electronics, the last few years has been in robotics and scientific instruments. But my daughter (all of six years old!) is now not only a keen robotics fan but also has got intensely interested in model railroads and we are building a small 'N' scale layout for her right now. <br /> <br />I have built a complete DCC system for my own N scale layout (using mainly NCE decoders) to which I have added vehicle location using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) so I can tell which train and/or which block of track each vehicle is in. I use this to do, for example, auto-stop at station when a loco approaches the platform, pause, and resume journey. But presently, I have no signalling at all on the layout. <br /> <br />So what constitutes a good signalling system? Is there a reference that describes safe working practice and how a signalling system should work? Is there a set of conidtions under which a train approaching an occuplied block should slow, and maybe stop until the section ahead is clear? <br /> <br />I am not a railroader, nor am I even a rail-fan. I am an engineer who loves to make things that work - hence the DCC system and the vehicle location system. Do you think their would be a commercial market for the location system and the localised control system? <br /> <br />John
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