Model Railway Forum

You might find it interesting to look at Heathcote Electronics. Their system is based on the infra red detection of trains and can control (amongst other things) realistic signalling controlled by the trains themselves. I have no personal contact with them but I have been very pleased with what I ha...

Thanks to Brian, LC & DR and Biskit, who in combination have answered my question.

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Thanks for this, Brian. So the home signal will always return to danger as soon as the train has passed. The signalman will do this immediately. If the distant signal had been cleared to proceed before the train passed then the road would presumably still be clear but semaphore signals were usually ...

When a signal has these two arms on the same post, obviously the home signal relates to that point on the track but the distant gives information about the next home signal down the track. This much I know. I am interested in the sequence of the signal indications: I think the sequence is (but pleas...

Thank you Brian and grriff for your helpful replies. Obviously you both consider JMRI to be superior to the Gaugemaster software. What can you do with JMRI that you cannot do with Gaugemaster? Is control by a computer/tablet /phone easier than by a handheld Walkaround or does it give you extra contr...

I have a medium sized layout, with double track main line oval , sidings and branch line. I use Gaugemaster Prodigy Advance to control it. I often have two trains running and so I am attracted to control by laptop or tablet where info about both locos is visible . Any advice on this, comparing handh...

The Bachmann catalogue lists 5 versions of NEM couplings. (What does NEM mean?) Most of my rolling stock is Bachmann and I do have occasional issues with couplings parting, mainly on curves. These are not tight radii. Are some versions of NEM couplings more tolerant of curves or imperfections of tra...

If my Gaugemaster Prodigy fails to read a CV value on a decoder, is that the fault of Prodigy Advance or of the decoder?