Bill, Hmmm! Very interesting and some food for thought. I was wondering if you could set up a pair of turnouts in a "consist" arrangement and throw them simultaneously, such as in a crossover. It would eliminate the need to use a series of levers that would otherwise do it mechanically and you would never have to worry about running into a switch that you forgot to open on the other end of the crossover.
Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Bill Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > > > After my previous post my mind wandered into what might have to be done to > revamp my S-Mod yard by replacing the not so good NJ twin coil machines > with > stall motors. For those that have not seen it I built a rather elaborate > control panel for the pre-DCC days that contained everything needed to run > a > complete layout. It folded up into a suitcase as well. > > In my vein of "Keep It Simple" on my new layout I was **very against** > performing turnout control functions from the DCC handle. But for a module > that is now going to be DCC only forever, I thought about using regular > motor decoders to run the switch machines. They are cheap enough and easy > to > get. Further, I have no experience at all with accessory decoders. The > thought of using DCC track power to run the switch machines through motor > decoders was at least momentarily interesting and a viable solution. It > keeps the "stuff to carry" to an absolute minimum. The stall motors are > supposed to be a low current draw. There would be no need for a panel or > even a turnout motor power system. You would have to go through the snap > switch/extra contact Olympics to power the frog polarity via the movement > of > the switch machine which could be tedious and annoying. I would ID the > turnouts with a number next to them on the layout. The only down side I > could think of is the possibility of someone else having a loco address of > 01 to 19. (19 turnouts on the yard module) I only have one 2 digit loco > address on my B&O Docksider. In my own captive world that would not be a > problem. Otherwise, select loco, pop in the turnout number and reverse. All > pretty simple in concept and execution. > > Thank You, > Bill Lane > > Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 > > See my finished models at: > <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com > Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! > > Custom Train Parts Design > <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> > http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm > > PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded > (Trading is MUCH preferred) > <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls > > ***Join the PRR T&HS*** > The other members are not ALL like me! > <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com > <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf > > Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society > It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com > Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [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/
