DCC Ops for Engineers Cheat Sheet
I recently put together a cheat sheet for operators at my friend’s layout, and figured the rest of the world might be able to use it too.
Early October 2016 NCR Windsor St Layout Status Update
I realized that, while I’ve been very busy on the layout, I haven’t posted many updates on it lately, so here’s a big cumulative update on where things sit at the beginning of October 2016.
DCC Installation in Micro-Trains SW1500s
There are some important precautions that must be taken when installing DCC decoders in Micro-Trains’s SW1500s.
Getting started with JMRI Virtual Sound Decoders
Virtual Sound Decoders bring sound cheaply and easily to N scale models. In this article, I’ll get started talking about my discoveries around them.
How to setup JMRI, a PR3, a Digitrax Zephyr Xtra and a Mac
I recently, finally, dove into DCC at home by buying a Digitrax Zephyr Xtra and a Digitrax PR3. I’ve had a number of decodered locomotives for the significant amount of time I spend “visiting” or on NTRAK layouts, so I was familiar with the basic concepts, but had never got it running at home. Here’s […]