Might the strings get crossed? Untangling that sort of mess might be worse than trouble-shooting a short. Ben Trousdale
--- In [email protected], Richard Karnes <rnk2...@...> wrote: > > All -- > > There is nothing more pleasing to me than watching my operating crews using > DCC > on my NYW&B. It's simply great (no other way to put it!) to see one train > entering Troy terminal while another is leaving it, while a switcher is > simultaneously making up a third train. The guys don't fiddle with any > toggles > or block panels, only wireless throttles and turnout controls adjacent to the > turnouts themselves. > > Yes, it cost me a lot of $$ to convert to DCC. My layout is 12 x 43 feet, > has > 75 turnouts and seven crossings, half a dozen auto-reversers, some 25 > decoder-equipped locos, two wireless antennae, and five throttles. But I am > so > relieved to be running trains instead of track. It had got to the point of > me > forgetting how to operate my layout if -- heavens! -- I didn't run it at > least > every other day. Now I can go on a two-week vacation, come home, power up, > and > -- voila! -- No problems. > > You want to read about (and thus avoid) my trials and tribulations during > conversion? Get ahold of "Thinking of DCC" in "Model Railroad News," April > and > May 2009. Want to see how NYW&B operations are going with DCC? Read "So You > Want to Run a Railroad..." on page 40 in the August 2010 "NMRA Magazine." > > I have no issues with those of you who want to stick with straight DC. It's > probably just right for small layouts and switching districts. As for string > -- > Well, I have to admit that you can avoid ALL electrical problems if you use > string. You and your guests can operate trains simultaneously without > toggles > (just like DCC). > > Dick Karnes > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
