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Hello. I was having trouble with a locomotive stalling at a particular Peco U-8361 turn-out. Long story short, I discovered that this particular turnout did not have a gap on the running rails at the rear of the turn-out. Please see picture. Has anyone else had this issue? I suspect this is my...

I’ve posted a couple of new videos dealing with installing Peco turnouts. The first video demos how to prepare your Peco turnout for installation on a DCC layout. I took the good descriptive info from a couple of sites and turned that into a “how-to” video. We show you how to add some jumpers to...

Weathered track and cork installed.

Beginning construction of my Cargill Corn Mill switching layout.

Beginning construction of my Cargill Corn Mill switching layout.

Beginning construction of my Cargill Corn Mill switching layout.

Beginning construction of my Cargill Corn Mill switching layout.

Beginning construction of my Cargill Corn Mill switching layout.

I'm using Peco Insulfrog turnouts. I like the way the points throw, the stability and the tie plate detail. But there are some drawbacks. One drawback is that the point, closure and wing rails are powered by the points making contact with the stock rails. This could be a problem because it...

I have seen many wiring schematics (sp?) (pictures) for how to wire Peco switches to their table top switch motor. They are very different from the old Tyco, model power or atlas switches. I have been told that I can use an Atlas switch control box #56 to control the Peco table top switche...

I made an error. The topic should not be replace the PL-10 toggle switch, it is actually a PL-26. Sorry. I would like to use a toggle switch that is smaller than the Peco PL-26 toggle to switch my peco table top switch machine. Can anyone tell me what I can use from Radio Shack? Is this a...

While consolidating some old storage boxes, I came across about fifty N gauge number 6 and 8 Peco turnouts and motors which must be nearly forty years old. They are in generally good condition but some seem grimy. The boxes were not sealed and dust has leaked in. Together with over a hundred...