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Both of those switch types will work on DCC but both have issues with DCC that you may run into that they don't have with DC. Decembers MR has an article explaining those problems. I model in N and have those problems with them on DCC. I have to use nail polish to extend the insulation beyond the frog of all my Peco and Atlas insulfrog switches to prevent shorts when wheels of cars and loco's bridge both rails. It's a simple fix. Nail polish is harder than paint and will last longer between
The electro frog switches have a different problem with DCC than insul frog types do. Nail polish won't work there. It requires making cuts through the rails with a dermmel or razor saw and then some wiring and soldering to the rails along with auxiliary switch contacts to power the frog. If you don't have the DEC issue of MR, get it.
I have a couple of Athearn loco's that i added Digitrax decoders to. I found that I had to set CV2 to a value of over 100 to get them to crawl at step 1 on my DT400 ( CV values 0-255 ). Remember you cannot set CV 6 to a value lower than CV2 and CV5 to a value lower than CV6.
No one's buying from the LHS because they can get a better price online. I ordered a Bachmann 2-8-0 with Tsnaumi from Trainworld on Sunday evening and ups delivered it on Tuesday midday. Although it is steam the sound is fantastic.
You can use a regular power pack to power your Zephyer. Connect it to the AC accessory terminals of your power pack until you get a proper power supply for it.
I use John Allen inspired slider cars. a thin piece of 1/8' masonite with two nails epoxied to the smooth side inserted into holes drilled into the floor of a box car. I push them around my layout ahead of a locomotive before operating and then pull one in each train right behind the loco. I clean the masonite with a piece of fine sandpaper. They do create some drag so you would need a pair of locos sometimes to pull or push more than one of these cars around. I made several cars and made three
This probably comes under the heading of Horror Stories. In 1968 I was 18yrs old. I hired on with the New York City Transit Authority as an electrical helper and was assigned as a Signal Maintainers Helper. I didn't like it and wasn't going to stay there as it was a dirty and dangerous place to work, but my work location was just a few blocks away from where I was living with my folks, so I said what the hell. After about 6 months my work location changed to lower Manhattan and it took about
I have one working signal on my layout that I installed to test the circuits that I am going to use when I expand the signal system. I'm using Dallee current detecting modules that have a DPDT relay for block detection, Atlas snap relays for switch position indication and other relays to control the signal aspects (lights). I'm not into electronics either, but I was a signal maintainer and will be creating the signal system for my layout based on the prototype that I worked on using the same
are the wheels made of the sintered metal that athearn used in the past or are they nickel silver? I got better performance from my SW1500's when I replaced the wheels with NWSL nickel silver wheels.
I'm not supprised about Carstens. What I am supprised about is that the moderators of this forum allowed your post to stay up this long.