Pot of coffee for Newbies

[der5997]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage

Do you know of any good, simplified, well-written resources about wiring your first layout? I've looked at a couple by MR publications but they still don't know how to put things in layman (newbie) terms. The first chapter or two, they make a valiant effort to slow down then....BOOM!...they skip over 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gear and move right into overdrive. (I'm starting to develope a bad case of road rash. [:(])

I'm not a coffee drinker but I do like the smell of the stuff. I will take some India chai, if you have any?

tstage: Is one of your books "how to WIRE your model railroad" by Linn Westcott?

It's old(1st printing 1950 I have a 5th edition that claims 7th printing in 1966) but has the basics.
It doesn't know about diodesor transistor throttles, but then, what do you care? [:p]
If you want to go with Atlas controls then their book walks you through. (A disadvantage of the Atlas controls in my experience is that mine have not held up in use for extended periods.) The Atlas controls surface mount to your layout quite nicely.

Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by willy6

I "WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES".

And it's the wise person that can learn from the mistakes of others.

It's a good post. Might get some additional lurkers to take active interest.

[tstage]

Do you know of any good, simplified, well-written resources about wiring your first layout? I've looked at a couple by MR publications but they still don't know how to put things in layman (newbie) terms. The first chapter or two, they make a valiant effort to slow down then....BOOM!...they skip over 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gear and move right into overdrive. (I'm starting to develope a bad case of road rash. [:(])

I'm not a coffee drinker but I do like the smell of the stuff. I will take some India chai, if you have any?

[willy6]

I think to help out the newbies, we need to tell them the mistakes we made in our layouts and problems we encountered so they then learn. "WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES". A nd I'll start, do not use #4 turnouts if you plan to run 6 axle locomtives on your mainline.I like Maxwell House with a shot of milk.

[krump]

we'll, this is great. is the newbie coffee ready yet - I'll have an extra large double mocha, no whip topping though, visiting relatives presently, missing the train...they don't have a decent hobby shop in the area either - so I haven't had any TRAINing lately. Home soon to do some scratch-building !
cheers,

[Anonymous]

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