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    Wiring with Power Cab

    Oh boy. After I clear my head I'll go to U Tube. Thanks for the help Jim
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    Wiring with Power Cab

    FWIW there's 1 line to the outside rails and 12 to the inside rails. Simply put, a bus line just has the 12 wire inside lines spliced to a run that connects to transformer?
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    Wiring with Power Cab

    yes
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    Wiring with Power Cab

    At first I will only run 1 but plan to run more in the near future. So I remove 11 of the insulated rail joiners?
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    Wiring with Power Cab

    The selectors are to turn the power on and off in areas where the insulated rail joiners are used.
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    Wiring with Power Cab

    So how do I use the PowerCab? I'm really new at this stuff
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    Wiring with Power Cab

    No, it's me that's missing something. I didn't see the tress for the forest. I forgot all about the DCC as to DC. For now I'm going to fore go the PowerCab and run DC. I live in Ks but wherever you are you might have heard that loud popping noise when I extracted my head from you know where. :mad:
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    Wiring with Power Cab

    I'm just setting up a layout as shown in my attachment. This from Atlas book #6 "Introduction to N Scale". I'm not sure how to proceed with wiring the 13 rail connections utilizing the 3 Selectors and incorporate the 2 wires for the PowerCab. The Panel has the turnout switches in addition to the...
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    Atlas 80 N Scale Insulated Rail Joiners

    I'm having quite a hard time putting these on. Is there a trick other than numerous attempts and a bunch of profanity?
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    Layout ideas & suggestions

    Right now I'm considering an oval with the HO and incorporate N gauge somehow in suburban and oral scenery. How hard is it to mesh HO scale with N scale buildings, etc.?
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    Layout ideas & suggestions

    So it'll be worthwhile to sell the HO stuff and go with N? That is to say a 4' wide platform will allow me to do great things?
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    Layout ideas & suggestions

    Thanks to everyone for sharing your knowledge and experiences. I'm considering the possibility of changing from HO to N scale. Will the smaller scale make that much a difference on my limited platform size of 4' X 16'?
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    Layout ideas & suggestions

    I can walk around my platform even though I plan to put up a backdrop. At times I would like to run 2 trains simultaneously at time and other times park 1 and run the other. Since I'm a new guy I'm sure it'll be a work in progress as it evolves. Thanks, the sketches they'll be quite helpful. Jim
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    Putting on HO IRJs

    Are there any alternatives to use rather than buying insulated rail joiners? Since they are so difficult to use. Jim
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    Putting on HO IRJs

    I'm not sure what brand I have but I'll look for PECO. Thanks Jim
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    Putting on HO IRJs

    Insulated Rail Joiner
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    Putting on HO IRJs

    So far it's impossible for me to put these things on my Peco code 100 HO rails. It looks like to me that the ones I have are to small. Are there any tricks to this? Jim




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