--- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote:
> if you haven't bought and installed the complex part of the wiring >yet,
> going with deliberately dead turnouts and battery power might be >a cost and
> work saving exercise.
>
Hi Pieter, I'd suggest trying dead frogs first as most locos have no
problem with them so they might never need to be wired up.
My problem with using battery power is the locos hafta carry batteries which
take away room that could be used for bigger speakers or more spread out
wiring. I find there's already too much in most loco by the time one adds a
decoder and speaker and the wiring so adding batteries is the last thing I'd
want to do.
Our nickle silver track gives us a power distributing system much like most
advanced real trains use, you won't find batteries on bullet trains or busy
commuter lines but you find lots of wiring.
I guess as the battery technology advances at some point S scale garden
railroading might be attractive but I think I'd really rather build my track
and scenery in a controlled environment just so it wouldn't deteriorate so
fast....DaveBranum
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