Do you mean DCC or the Powered Rail will fade away?

by Tyler

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Posted on 12-10-2020 02:35 AM

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The simple shuttle reverses the engine by changing the polarity of the track. This works for analogue (dc) but not for dcc as dcc chips make engines go either forwards or backwards regardless of track polarity. If you wish to use the simple shuttle with dcc then you will need to isolate the simple shuttle track (from the rest of the dcc layout) with insulated rail joiners. The simple shuttle track can then be powered by analogue track power. You can use either engines without dcc chips or engines with dcc chips provided their cv value is set to dual mode. When dual mode is set engines will run with either analogue (dc) or dcc power. If you wish to sometimes run trains automatically and sometimes manually with dcc then you can fit a dpdt switch wired to connect either the simple shuttle or the dcc track power to the shuttle track.

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Early model trains powered by direct current (dc) used a rheostat to control the voltage, and hence the train’s speed. This worked, but it was far from perfect. In particular, dc motors don’t work very well at low speeds due to their design, and this simple approach did nothing to correct for that problem. Additionally, modelers wanted more features (like simulated momentum). And as dc motors evolved to draw less current, rheostats themselves became less effective.

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Eliminate worry about dirty track, stalls, shorts and all the frustrations of track power. Battery power and radio control – the future of model railways. Radio control (r/c) operation of model railways offers considerable advantages over conventional methods, either direct voltage control or dcc. Like dcc, each r/c model is controlled from within the model itself,.

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