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    Insulfrog Vs. Electrofrog

    What type of turnout is more DCC friendly? Does it matter what type of turnout I use when wiring a reverse loop?
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    HO or N??? Argh..!!!

    Alot of it depends on how much room you have for a layout. I had HO as a kid and still love Ho today. When I have kids I am planning on getting a couple of Athearn units for him to beat up. I used to have some athearn units that I beat the hell out of and they kept going. Particularly the F...
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    track opinions needed

    I am in the process of designing my layout. I have the benchwood done. I can't decided which brand of track to use. Atlas is easy and affordable but I find that their turnouts are unreliable. I was thinking of using Atlas track with Peco turnouts but I am not sure how compatible they are...
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    dcc directional prob

    Problem solved. After reversing the polarity I to get the loco to run in the correct direction, I reversed the wires to the lights. Now the directional lighting is corrected along with the loco direction. Thanks for the help.
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    dcc directional prob

    Does anyone know the CV that I would use to change the direction of the lights only for an MRC #1638 decoder?
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    dcc directional prob

    I had some trouble programming cv29 with a four digit address but I managed to change the direction with the factory default address of #3. (Im still learning how to do it) When I programmed the cv29 the direction of both the lights and the engine changed. Right now the engine moves in the...
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    dcc directional prob

    It is an MRC model #1638. It is a plug and play decoder. I tried reversing it but when I did that the lighting did not work at all. However, when I reversed it the engine moved in the proiper direction. Iassumed that since the lighting did not work it must go in the other direction. What do...
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    dcc directional prob

    I am brand spanking new to DCC and I installd my first decoder. The engine and lights worked fine but when the throttle was set to forward the engine would actually move in reverse and visa versa. The lighting direction was correct but the engine moved in the opposite direction. It did this...



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