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I'm building a modern day layout themed around the ECML. I'm unsure what signals I should be using however? Is there a guide somewhere on how to determine if it should be a 2/3/4 aspect signal? Locations I think I should have a signal: Down Mainline: My station has a through line in both directions ...

Thanks for sharing that!! I did some reading up on Diodes and it says they only allow current in one direction. That sounds like it would be very useful and solve a lot of potential problems where you could end up creating short circuits by having complicated points control.

Has anyone ever used a Rotary switch to operate hidden sidings? My thinking is that if you get a SP3T Rotary switch, then you can select 0, 1, 2, 3 (where 0 is off). If you have 3 points and you wire up the output of 1 to Points 1 in the thrown position, output 2 to Points 2 in the thrown position, ...

Thanks guys. You're brilliant.

This calculator especially was the best. http://www.hebeiltd.com.cn/calculator/v5/led.php

Hi All, I'm starting to build a control panel for my layout. A lot of the points are wired up in pairs so I'll only need a handful of LEDs I think. I see other peoples wiring diagrams where it says you need a 12V supply and then a resistor, the explanation always says that the resistor you need depe...

I vaguely remember having a similar issue with a scissor crossing - I overlapped the edges and added a couple of small plasticard spacers to the opposing end to lower one of the two motors. That's actually really similar to one solution I was thinking of. I put a layer of 3mm cork under all my poin...

Hi All, First time posting so I hope this is the right forum. I'm using Peco Flexi track and laying it streamline using the 6ft way gauge. That means I'm roughly 51mm between track centres. SEEP Point Motors are about 55mm in diameter. So, when you have 2 adjacent points (which isn't uncommon) that ...