Auto Reverse Help/Suggestions
Looking for help on where to locate auto reverse units on this track plan.
Not sure how to attack this.
Uploaded track Plan to a folder named " New Track Plan 26jan25"
Thanks for taking a
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robf06
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#14869
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
The system is a complete standalone mini DCC system
Tom in Texas
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Tom in Texas
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#14868
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
Tom,
That's good to hear.? Does it have a booster of some sort built into it drive a locomotive?? Or do you have a booster or DCC system with it?
Thanks!
Allan
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Allan AE2V
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#14867
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
I installed one of the Motorman units for a trolley run on one of my friend¡¯s layouts. The programming is straightforward, and the unit seem to be reliable.
Tom Pearson
Benbrook, Texas
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Tom in Texas
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#14866
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
IMHO
I am not familiar with the NCE mini panel.
I would keep the shay DC and use a standard auto-reverse unit.
Circuit.com makes several auto reverse devices. They use opto sensors so do not rely
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Glenn
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#14865
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
Martin Gliddon,
My gears are already shot ¡ª apparently from just a few runs/reversals while we were testing the addition of a DCC decoder to determine whether it would work. It does, but the loco
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D B
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#14864
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
Allan Gartner,
Thanks for the reference. I know better and ought to have gone to your website first for anything DCC!
Will be most interested in whether anyone responds to your inquiry about
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D B
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#14863
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
Scott Haycock,
Thanks for the recommendation. Looks right on point.
Bill D
N&W Steam Only
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D B
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#14862
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
Thanks Steve.
Bill D
N&W Steam Only
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D B
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#14861
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
Hi Bill,
If you are going to use the Bachmann Shay, I would recommend that you get the engine to fully stop and pause for a minimum of a couple of seconds before returning it down the track. These
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martin.gliddon@...
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#14860
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
All,
A request for a DCC reverser comes up every now and then.? For future reference, note that I have this company (Iowa Scaled Engineering) listed in my Manufacturers webpage.
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Allan AE2V
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#14859
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
Bill,
Take a look at this:
https://www.iascaled.com/store/ModelRailroad/Motorman
Scott Haycock
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Scott H. Haycock
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#14858
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Re: "Street Car" reverser for DCC
Bill D. writes:
"My layout is NCE DCC. I plan a single track segment, separate from the
remainder of the layout, serving a coal mining complex. I plan to run a
Bachmann Shay upgraded to DCC on
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Steve Haas
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#14857
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"Street Car" reverser for DCC
My layout is NCE DCC. I plan a single track segment, separate from the remainder of the layout, serving a coal mining complex. I plan to run a Bachmann Shay upgraded to DCC on the track segment.
I
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D B
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#14856
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All Electronics Re-incarnated
The former employees of All Electronics have formed a new electronic surplus store called Aretronics: https://aretronics.com/ ( https://aretronics.com/ )
I just found out about this new company
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Allan AE2V
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#14855
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Re: DCC Fitting to Bachmann large scale shay
It seemed to be a general Bachmann problem, very much like certain Heljan British outline O gauge products.
Cheers
Martin
Mohawk Valley Railroad
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martin.gliddon@...
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#14854
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Re: DCC Fitting to Bachmann large scale shay
Also throw in ho gauge too there just as bad or worse . replaced with nwsl¡¯s gears which did the job.
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Denny Beutler
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#14853
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Re: DCC Fitting to Bachmann large scale shay
You¡¯re very welcome Bill.
Cheers
Martin
Mohawk Valley Railroad
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martin.gliddon@...
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#14852
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Re: DCC Fitting to Bachmann large scale shay
Properly maintained and oiled/greased, there is no reason why they shouldn¡¯t last a very long time. Pulling and pushing them along the track kills the nylon gears but even then, the early Spectrum
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martin.gliddon@...
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#14851
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Re: DCC Fitting to Bachmann large scale shay
Martin,
Thanks for the warning.
Bill D
N&W Steam Only
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D B
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#14850
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