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Ok, looking at the photo, this would be my guess about the control panel. The toggle switches may well feed power to the sidings - you don't want this to be live constantly as engines parked there would move along with anything on the main line. Try parking a loco in a siding, set the track switch for the main line, then open the throttle a little and see if the loco moves - if it does (or doesn't) try flicking the toggle switch to see if that makes any difference - it might well do so. <br /> <br />If you upgrade to DCC (which is worth doing early - converting a large existing fleet of locos is expensive but if you fit decoders as you add locos it spreads the cost out), you might want to take a look at Bachmann's locos and their new "E-Z Command" system - it's probably the cheapest DCC system out there and isn't bad value for beginners. However, if you can afford to I would suggest a more advanced system like the Atlas Commander - I have the Lenz version of this which is great, it can address 99 locos and do some programming of decoders - the Bachmann system can only address 9 locos and can't do a lot of programming, it's also not very expandable. The good part about DCC however is that if you did decide to buy the Bachmann system to begin with, you could replace the throttle and still use the decoders you've fitted to the locos - all DCC decoders can operate with all DCC systems, that's the beauty of the standard. There's plenty of discussions on DCC on the forum, so best advice would probably be to read these - there's one floating around asking which is the best DCC system, feel free to ask questions if anything doesn't seem to make sense - DCC is easy to use but takes a little time to learn. Hope this is of help!
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