crichard6069
New Member
Hi all - I'm new here and new to railroading in general, though I have been around it for my whole life. My grandfather (who sadly has fallen very ill) has always been a RR enthusiast. He has a room in his basement dedicated to his HO setup and I've gone to a number of model RR shows with him recently.. he had even convinced me to buy some track, an NCE powercab unit, etc.. though I haven't done much with it at this point.
However, I finally have my first project. I have a 5 month old daughter and I am looking to do a small project in her bedroom. I have a wall where I want to run a "shelf" type track along the wall. At each end of the room there is a closet that I want to tunnel into and turn the train around and then come back out of the closet.
I'm not quite sure where to start with it, but I do have two beginners questions....
1) Power supply... I don't think this system needs to be advanced with DCC as I'm only going to run a single train on it. It more or less needs to be one that turns on and off and thats about it. I want to be able to turn it on and let it run so my daughter can watch it. What is a very "basic" powersupply that can do that? I know a bit about DCC, but I have no idea what the alternative to DCC is if you opt not to use DCC...
2) What would the minimum radius be for turning around an N scale train in a closet area that no one will see? I'm not looking for the turn around to "look proper" or anything, I just want to accomplish getting the train turned around so it comes back out of the closet.. the turn arounds will be completely out of sight and I'd like to get them as tight as I can without having a train jump the tracks...
...and I guess that seems like the best place to start with this project.
Thanks!!!
Chad
However, I finally have my first project. I have a 5 month old daughter and I am looking to do a small project in her bedroom. I have a wall where I want to run a "shelf" type track along the wall. At each end of the room there is a closet that I want to tunnel into and turn the train around and then come back out of the closet.
I'm not quite sure where to start with it, but I do have two beginners questions....
1) Power supply... I don't think this system needs to be advanced with DCC as I'm only going to run a single train on it. It more or less needs to be one that turns on and off and thats about it. I want to be able to turn it on and let it run so my daughter can watch it. What is a very "basic" powersupply that can do that? I know a bit about DCC, but I have no idea what the alternative to DCC is if you opt not to use DCC...
2) What would the minimum radius be for turning around an N scale train in a closet area that no one will see? I'm not looking for the turn around to "look proper" or anything, I just want to accomplish getting the train turned around so it comes back out of the closet.. the turn arounds will be completely out of sight and I'd like to get them as tight as I can without having a train jump the tracks...
...and I guess that seems like the best place to start with this project.
Thanks!!!
Chad