So heres where I stand with the layout that I’m working on. Does anyone have any links to where I can see the best way of wiring it up? I’m using just a basic dual transformer. Not going with DCC until I get a permanant place for a bigger layout. Do I want to just wire it up, hook it up and go? Or should I set it up for say 4 blocks? Does anyone have any switch machine wire screws or have a place I can go to buy them? Any advice is always helpful.
what code track are you using?
Its code 100. It was originally gonna be code 73. But most of the turnouts that I had didnt match up at all for what I wanted. So I found a guy in a yahoo group im in and he sold me like 15 turnouts, switch machines, various track, and a ton of shinohara 2in terminals(the ones with the hand screw caps) for a really good price. So I ran with code 100.
i asked becasue i have some track that im trying to figure out what code it is? it is ho scale and has black ties
It should be Code 100. Code 83 has thin brown ties.
thank you. Now i just need to come across a good deal like you did lol
I used this one by Byron Henderson. It was given to me by a couple people on here. I had to flip it a different direction and drop a couple spurs due to space constraints. Thats the max space I have, and Its set up to be a corner piece of a future expanded layout. The guys on this forum are great for getting ideas, input, and critique. Anything you need, you can usually ask here and someone will have the answer for you.
If you haven’t glued the track down yet, you might want to take care of any wiring on the turnouts now rather than try later. Are you going to power the frog? do you want to run jumpers between the points and stock rails? Have you put in insulating gaps?
DCC doesn’t require blocks, however, planning ahead would allow for better district and sub-district power management.
Read Allan Gartner’s Wiring for DCC site and the Duncan McRee article in July 2009 issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist for information on wiring turnouts.
Alan