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I am new to Garden railways (not model trains, quite handy in HO) and I plan (and have started) to hand lay the track work. Yes it will take longer, but I just like the look of wood!
One area I am not 100% sure on how I will tackle a ‘DCC friendly’ points. In HO I use a micro switch or contact on the point motor to change the frog polity. I have made a G scale point with a micro switch thrown by ground through which works great, but its not weather proof!
I plan to run small narrow gauge steam (including 0-4-0s) my gut feeling is a really should power the frogs to eliminate locos stalling on them.
How do you guys deal with this problem?
Does a weather proof micro switch exist that I could use, or is their another way?
I don’t plan to use point motors, just ground throws.
Thanks
Alan
One area I am not 100% sure on how I will tackle a ‘DCC friendly’ points. In HO I use a micro switch or contact on the point motor to change the frog polity. I have made a G scale point with a micro switch thrown by ground through which works great, but its not weather proof!
I plan to run small narrow gauge steam (including 0-4-0s) my gut feeling is a really should power the frogs to eliminate locos stalling on them.
How do you guys deal with this problem?
Does a weather proof micro switch exist that I could use, or is their another way?
I don’t plan to use point motors, just ground throws.
Thanks
Alan