dave75

Yes it acts like or is AC, but I think I can draw from this helpful discussion that I can build a DCC power district in the same way as I would a DC section. I just need to think about wire thickness and what hardware I need on the end of that wiring next.

That the one, thanks , and the final second of the video answers my next question too. I found a hatch in the kitchen floor of my new house leading to a similar space kind of space . There's a small boarded room that the previous owners have used for storage leading to a large space with a rough floor . I wouldn't call it a cellar, its quite dusty , it's at ground level as the land falls away to the back of the house. I was wondering about its suitably for a small layout until a larger space in a more accessible location becomes available. Dennis seems to have it working very well I wanted to understand what work he had done.

Ah okay so by in phase essentially we mean the same polarity . Just as passing a loco across a section between 2 DC controllers, if they are "reversed" the loco does the little backwards/forwards dance. Thanks very helpful

"but all rails are powered and it doesn't matter if a loco bridges the gap, provided all power districts are in phase with each other." Thanks I think this was the information I was trying to discover, I did want to blow chips up by getting it wrong. Which begs the follow up question how would power districts not be in phase?

There was a LNER layout featured in the pop up for this website a few weeks/months back, the owner appeared to be to be in quite a cramped space , does any know the layout name and if it has a thread on this forum ?

I like it , it has the feel of a dockside branch, loose the turntable and have two sidings in its space for loco storage/inspection/coaling. Operation along the lines Nick has outlined wagons arrive, are placed for unloading, some more urgent than others , then marshalled to depart, some sticking around in the yard awaiting incoming loads.

Sorry poorly worded question. On the trackside , are power districts separated from each other by an insulated rail joiners on each rail ?

Looking at expanding my dcc plank layout, have read lots about power districts but have yet to find a decent simple definition of what one is. Leaving aside the hardware required which seems to be a circuit breaker etc and thinking just of the track, is a power district any different from a DC "section" Ie a lengths of track electrically isolated from ajoining pieces by isolated rail joins or cuts in the rail?

Just to put a different view , if you have an old laptop and can find £30;for an Arduino, you don't need a big expensive "controller" to go DCC so I'm not sure the deep pockets line is relevant to the thread.

Paul , do you have the drawing?

Thanks, that's just saved me a few quid ;-)

In the one of the tinsley book , the author mentioned slow speed fitted 47s standing in if a 13 wasn't available.

@Enterprisingwestern what is a portable set in term of this discussion. BR database shows the radio equipment was removed from this loco in the early seventies, I wonder what the thinking was behind that. Did these locos also have a more precise Speedo so the correct speed could be maintained easier?

Have these models ever been done in this livery? I'm trying to figure out if it's an earlier livery that the traffic services or a transition to/from it. Picture from Twitter July 1981

I didn't notice the 2-8-0, the Garrett looked very impressive . No doubt the video they were filming will be along soon !