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    dropping voltage

    [Edit: ninja'ed by fcwilt - he's a machine, I tell ya...]
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    New to the hobby - trying to pick a control system.

    Thanks for that correction, Mel. It must have been old info I was reading about that.
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    New to the hobby - trying to pick a control system.

    As I mentioned, for the N-Trak layout, I would be purchasing a Digitrax DT4D. At this point my home layout will be HO, and that's where I would use the Z21 (or RailPro or whatever system I settle on). Upon closer inspection of the DT402, I do see the symbols for bell, lights, coupler and I'm...
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    New to the hobby - trying to pick a control system.

    If I were to just stick with "conventional" DCC, in a vacuum I would probably prefer NCE slightly over DigiTrax, if for no other reason than the fact that I like their throttles better (from what I can tell). At this point my plan is simply to purchase a DigiTrax UT4D for use with my NTrak...
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    New to the hobby - trying to pick a control system.

    SITUATION: I've decided that my first layout will be an NTrak module for use with a local NTrak club. As I participate in club activities, I can learn more about the hobby and better educate myself for working on a fixed, full-sized layout later. The club uses DigiTrax, and they've informed...
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    It has begun, sort of...

    That's looking fantastic. Do you have any reference images of the type of mountainside you're planning to model? I've always been curious what the underlying structure looked like on some of those great mountain scenes I've seen.
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    Drop feeders

    Actually it's pretty rare that I've ever seen anyone criticized in this hobby for overdoing anything. :p As far as I can tell, I don't think that's happening here, either.
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    Deleting Duplicate Posts

    What? No tarring, feathering or running him out of town on a rail (see what I did there) for such a fiendish transgression? Is this still the internet?? :p I know how you feel, patriot. Every time it's ever happened to me, I'm sure it bothered me more than anyone else.
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    Drop feeders

    Thanks, new guy. I was just asking to help me develop a frame of reference, as I consider designs for my first layout. You've got 400' of track, but it didn't sound like voltage was being applied to all of it at once (only what you were switching through), so I was just trying to get an upper...
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    Drop feeders

    new guy, out of curiosity, what is the approximate length of the longest circuit of track on your layout, that could ever be powered at any given time (outer loop perhaps, but not necessarily)? -Rich
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    Mixing RailPro with DigiTrax on an NTrak club layout?

    Before I knew about RailPro I was leaning toward NCE over DigiTrax, but this is a "go with the flow" situation for club stuff. Thanks for the insight. Opinions based on that much time in the hobby carry a lot of weight with me. Looks like I'll be setting up my NTrak layout to operate with...
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    Mixing RailPro with DigiTrax on an NTrak club layout?

    Ugh. I just realized that RailPro doesn't support N-scale yet. This may be a moot point. :(
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    Mixing RailPro with DigiTrax on an NTrak club layout?

    Several years ago, I decided to revisit my childhood fascination with model railroads. At the time I decided I would start with a simple NTrak layout, as I had found an active, local NTrak club. For various reasons, my plans got derailed (heh). Now I'm ready to pick up where I left off. I...
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    Greetings from central Indiana

    Hello. I'm just getting into the hobby, and in my research on where to start, I've found several treasure troves of information, not the least of which being this forum. I'm looking forward to learning a lot and perhaps being able to pay that forward at some point. So far all of the model...




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