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    December 2004
  • From: Bedford, MA, USA
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:51 PM

I've got Peco, Atlas and Walthers/Shinohara turnouts.  I have no problem with any of them on my DCC layout.

I only use DCC to drive two of my turnouts, because of their awkward location.  The twin-coils are powered using a home-made Capacitive Discharge circuit and toggle switches.  The rest of the turnouts, all Walthers/Shinorara, are driven using Tortoises and toggle switches.

I would recommend powering the frogs wherever possible.  This small improvement really helps when running shorter engines or those where a conducting pair of wheels has had traction tires added for more pulling power.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Turnouts
Posted by medickistler on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:40 PM

I have a combination of PECO turnouts and a bunch of Atlas Mark 3 Turnouts.  I run NCE Dcc.  Just wondering if anyone has had any trouble with the Atlas Turnouts with DCC and likes or dislikes of them.  Im using small and medium turnouts no large turnouts.

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