11-23-2016, 09:29 PM
A bit more:
you have a wye in the quarry area. This counts as a reversing section, but you could get away with wiring this through a switch machine.
The loconet should follow the outside of the layout, as that's where you'll plug in the throttles. This will be carrying only signals, so small wire will work. The power bus will be carrying a lot of current. The layouts I've seen used the wire that goes in the wall -- solid but mostly still insulated.
If you are going to run switch machines and lights and accessories from DCC, go for a second bus. Someone will know how this is done. Otherwise, a short in the track incapacitates your switch machines.
How many locos will you run at a time? If you have reasonably modern ones, they will consume between .5 and 1.0 amps each. If you leave a bunch of sound equipped units idling in an engine yard, that will also have to be added in.
Will your switches have plastic or metal frogs? That makes another difference.
you have a wye in the quarry area. This counts as a reversing section, but you could get away with wiring this through a switch machine.
The loconet should follow the outside of the layout, as that's where you'll plug in the throttles. This will be carrying only signals, so small wire will work. The power bus will be carrying a lot of current. The layouts I've seen used the wire that goes in the wall -- solid but mostly still insulated.
If you are going to run switch machines and lights and accessories from DCC, go for a second bus. Someone will know how this is done. Otherwise, a short in the track incapacitates your switch machines.
How many locos will you run at a time? If you have reasonably modern ones, they will consume between .5 and 1.0 amps each. If you leave a bunch of sound equipped units idling in an engine yard, that will also have to be added in.
Will your switches have plastic or metal frogs? That makes another difference.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.