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    Need Some Opinions

    Yeah it's five inches, and at 2% I would need at least 16 feet for the climb, could cut that in half at 4%, but still thats a big climb and being new to this I don't know if N scale can climb a 4% grade. I may just leave it alone and see what happens. The viaduct is 68 feet tall with 200 foot...
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    Need Some Opinions

    Ok, here's a picture of my first layout, it's not really based on anything but what I can envision. My current dilema is that I think I want to be able to run the top outside track down and around somewhere on the bottom then back up. I can think of two ways to do this with a helix in the...
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    Wye wiring help DC

    Well you know it did now that I think about it. I probably could have gotten away with just using the switch on the controller but I wanted to isolate the section, in hindsight would have been alot easier if I had just left it alone. Live and learn.
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    Wye wiring help DC

    I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got it to work finally. I have no idea if it's right but it works. Someone let me know. On the switch section I installed for sets of power leads running thru a dpdt switch, flip the switch the direction changes, just like it's supposed to. on the...
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    Wye wiring help DC

    Ok I made the change you suggested and it worked, almost. the wye section reverses one way just fine, however I think I need to wire the switch different. When the switch is in the down position the polarity is reveresed, when it is centered nothing, when it is up nothing. I think I need to...
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    Wye wiring help DC

    Ok I figured out the reversing switch wiring not terribl difficult, but my wye is still not working the way I think it should. If someone could modify my drawing for my stupid ass I would probably give them all my fricking trains. Here's my problem, when I throw the switch to go acorss the...
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    Wye wiring help DC

    Where are these sources you speak of? And thank you. Chad
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    Wye wiring help DC

    I am very new to my N-scale and my layout below has an issue. When I cross the red line where my insulated connectors are my loco stops and I have to reverse the current direction on my power supply. This is a DC layout. I know I need to reverse the polarity but I just don't know where or...
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