i only have MTH engines and use DCS only. However the train club I did belong to use to have. Crest train engineer. All you need with this is a fixed power supply. All this does is vary the voltage to the track. Cheap on eBay. Crest updated these are the older ones. They work fine except response is slow
On July 27, 2016 at 8:56 AM, John Carmichael said:
John,
Up until this spring my son & I belonged to a garden railroad club. We used to have a lot of signal problems due to the layout having a lot of sidings that were wired to a panel as to isolate different sections. Looking at your schematic you might have some trouble someday.
The reasons I don’t use Bridgewerks #1 cost. They tend to run very warm. I picked up a couple of used industrial supplies. The output is highly filtered and very precise. Another one of the features these type of supplies have that I like is you can set the current trip point as well as voltage output. The output on the power supply that I have will remain off when tripped, until it’s manually reset. Which is a must have when running DCS engines, to help prevent runaways. I noticed MG Electronics unit states short circuit protection with auto reset ?
I have used some PWM supplies when running my engines on a club layout. It runs but we get poor command control, feature drop outs, and even an occasional runaway. The club had upgraded to bridgewerks later on and things ran better, except the bridgewerks seem to overload too often and overheat. I started bringing my power supply and problems went away.
Does anyone know Polk's phone number. I called (908) 834-2139 number posted on their website http://polksgenerationext.com/pages/contact-us/ But i get a recording stating unable to complete call. I also contacted them thru their contact us page with no response.
I am working on my first real garden railway, my yard is slanted slight down hill. I am trying to figure out how to make a slightly raised roadbed due to the slant of the backyard. Ive seen variety of methods. What can I put under the track to raise it? Concrete blocks? How do you then build up the sides for the slope, I've seen suggestions like sloping it with soil and then putting a layer of stone on top. How do you keep the stone from washing away on the slope? These are some pictures of examples I've found
I wanted to share that the Big Boy #4012 model (70-3027-1) is now sold out. (I have directly confirmed this with MTH) If you were wanting to order a Big Boy you will want to get your pre-orders in ASAP. Based on this latest update it would seem to confirm the go for production has already been given and are not still in the waiting stage trying to collect orders.
How could it be Sold Out before they delivered any. If that were true then just make more. Should be easy since they haven't made any yet.
Does anyone have any experience with H & R stainless track. The biggest thing that makes me apprehensive is to preorder they want 50% down! No way would I do that. That's a significant amount. Along with H & R has a new owner. Expected delivery is July. If it's like most of the model railroad manufactures that's date is meaningless. So I will wait for now and see if it actually arrives to the store.
Attached is some information on H&R Train's Stainless Steel track. We are currently taking orders for the track. The track is being made as we speak and has a NO later than arrival date of 1 July 2016. If you wish to place and order for the track, H&R Trains requires a 50% deposit. Also attached is information on the all aluminum G-scale bridges. Please call when you are ready. We look forward to helping you build your G scale railroad. 727-526-4682
Yes Thanks to this forum. I just recently got a set from a gentleman in Pennsylvania. Along with the engine. I tried to remove this post but could not figure out how. Unfortunately I have not had time to unpackage them yet.
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MTH One Gauge GS-4 Daylight (70-3005-1) for sale on Ebay
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Joe,
as as much as I would like to own a Daylight. I would rather see something new. Like the 611, a Dreyfus, GEVO.
john