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thanks all for your answers

Hi Nick thanks for your through's about the exchange sidings.My thoughts are the Welsh valleys as i live in South Wales and from photos i have seen some of the sidings are away from the colliery and can by just a run round loop with a few sidings which from a cost point of view is good as ive got a oo gauge lay out as well!Martin

looking to build small colliery exchange sidings in n gauge mid/late 60s so i can  run steam and diesel locos and 16/20 ton and brake vans any ideas where i can get photos track plans etc i have started to look on line.thank Martin

Hi all just a question on the kadee  how do i mount them to a Bachmann class 08 I've had a look  using a Kadee gauge and it looks low.Martin

Hi all looking for photos of coal loading towers years back i remember read about a layout based on a loading tower in the back of my mind it was in a magazine and maybe RM WEB.Martin  

15ft x 6ft internal door at end started as 10x6 shed which i am adding 5 or 6 feet to in length widith stays at 6ft iam looking at some kind of exchange sidings in the steel supply world ive got a set  of sides in a steel works built and working well time period EWS thanks martin

Morning all ive got another 5ft in length to play with width stays at 6ft the shed is now 16ft long at the moment the end to end steel works rolled coil slabs etc to sidings,EWS to DB Schenker time frame in south Wales ,dcc control.i would like to have single main line in a loop past the sidings with some from of exchange sides into the steel products warehousing with its own shunters ive got some throughts in my head any ideals or leads to photos would be a great help thanks all.

I thought I read peck had resulted production 4/5 weeks back

What's going on with peco I've tried all my normal shops for short eletrofrog points code 100 can only find the odd one why

Hi all after enforced break of 2 months got back to shed today all dcc locos some with sound prodigy express control working but for Hornby class 08 with sound fitted before break worked fine now nothing no smell no noise any thoughts please

non dcc so it would be ac its the souce of the power can get a ac only tranformer.martin

peco i have some from last layout.martin

Hi all i am making a dcc controled layout but i want to use dc to control the points what power soure can i use to run the points thanks.martin

Hi there which size of evergreen plastic siding card is best for oo model modern industry buildings thanks.martin

when wiring point together tor end to v rail do i use platic rail joiners on vee rail or leave point running into dead end sidings and should i use juicers thanks

Hi I have modified the points as show in here i will not be using  points motors but some kind wire in tube or big finger i have read about juicers that chance the frogs is this the sort of thing

Sound can stay on 

thanks

with dead end sidings with eletrofrog pointsand dcc control best way to wire please

morning every one ive being wiring my layout a modern industrail shunting layout its dcc eletrofrog points which have been modilfed for dcc iam doing it with as little eletrics as passable no point motors so do i need to use have frog polarity switch for good running thanks all martin

hi all i needed some  help with wiring my layout all points are live frog electrofrog control is dcc no point motors i will be using some form of wire cntrol my knowledge is limited to power at toe end and insulated joiners at other any help would be appreciated thanks martin

thank you all martin

I would highly recommend binning those insulfrog points and buying some electrofrog points as you will undoubtedly find better running and reliability with proper metal frogs.  

The point of insulfrog is that you dont require wiring beyond track feed as the frog is "dead" and thus no issue with polarity or shorting.  

Electrofrogs OTOH require slightly more wiring and a polarity switch to change the polarity of the frog so you dont have dead sections which small or slow locos can stall on.

Im not sure if you mixed up your point types or if you are actually trying to use insulfrogs.  

i would swap if i could but money is a issue i am using modifed insulfrog points and need to know how to wi

re facing points martin

hi all iam using ibsulfrog points on my newish layout point to pioint  with dcc control ive been told/read that all tracks should be live how do i wire facing points thank you  . martin

There is a standard colour code for 8-pin decoder socket wires, but often a manufacturer will wire the whole loco in black for cheapness.

 

Black wire should be the track left hand side pickups, but check with a multi-meter from the loose end of the wire to wherever it should lead.

 

When checking continuity it is advisable to unplug the decoder. Same thing goes if you want to check a motor by putting a battery directly across the brushes - this will kill a decoder unless you unplug it.

 

Rob

thanks rob