Has anyone out there applied DCC controls to Large Scale Trolleys? With the onset of winter here in the northern hemisphere I am again hearing the call of a...
... . G-Scale RR yahoo groups might provide more information. Also DCC4Everyone is a great general group. . . ... . I know some "O"-Scale TrolleyCar club...
Dave Gairo of the East Penn Trolley Club gave a clinic on the installation of DCC decoders in O scale streetcar models at the 2003 East Penn trolley show. I...
... installation of ... trolley show. In an O scale trolley, as well as HO, the motor and trucks are more or less a traditional design which makes isolation of...
I am also in the process of going DCC. What I want is some of the layout to be automated and so I will be using the JMRI program, through a computer to run...
Bob, I haven't built any large scale trolleys so am unfamiliar with power trucks. But would it be possible to use an audio plug with three conductors as at the...
I just posted a pic to the album 'LINE POLES' showing John Nelligan hard at work fabricating new line poles. John is a member here and Proprietor of the New...
... year this batch should really be works of art. Out of curiosity, the polarity in the wire is going to match which rail: the one under the motorman or the...
... That does raise a good question: have we adopted a new polarity standard or are we using the old O-scale standard (wire is plus, as is left rail moving ...
Looking good John. Now make sure you sweep up after you are done. Bob hates a messy shop! Look forward to seeing the finished product in person next July....
... rail moving ... I suspect that the NMRA has issued a standard as that defacto is how most smaller gauges are used and set up. In the case of John's ...
I've added a folder called Nachod. It contains 3 pictures of a 2 aspect Nachod made by Mark at Shiloh Signals. The size is "right on" and the workmanship is...
... Even though I am not that far along on an indoor layout, I might be interested. How about some more details? Do they use LED's or bulbs? Any idea of the...
Bob's correct. I'm trying to maintain maximum electrical flexibility in the module under development. In its current configuration it can be run from the...
... The web site is http://www.geocities.com/shilohsig/ We haven't talked about price, but the Nachod is more or less based on the standard 2 and 3 aspect...
I wasn't aware that Nachod made these two and three color aspect signals. The Nachod signals that I have seen in photos look somewhat like a black parking...
... The "parking meter" style is the very old one. It had contacts in an oil bath, and used a disk that would flip to show white or red (or black) as I recall....
I bring to your attention Trolley Talk issues 279 & 281 both of which feature Nachold signals. TT is available from PO Box 206, Amelia, OH 45201-0206. Gordon ...
When you wrote that "...These were used on single track operation to help to ensure that the meets took place in sidings, not on single track!!" it crossed...
Hi All, I am sorry to tell you that my friend John Franzen passed away yesterday. His work is pictured on the group's title page, and shows the night scene...
Does any one know where any plans , drawings with measurements , of the Baldwin Westinghouse B-1 electric locomotive , would be located , hopefully on line...
Thank you Jan , I joined , and printed the BW class B drawings , great info . Now if I could find the same info for the class B-1 loco also . This is another...
... I believe one is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum in the form of Cornwall 14, nee Springfield Terminal. While we do not have drawings to offer, it...
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