Glass fibre pencils are commonly used in modelling for cleaning locomotive wheels, commutators and other electrical...
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Glass fibre pencils are commonly used in modelling for cleaning locomotive wheels, commutators and other electrical...
When choosing turnouts for your layout, you may have noticed there is a choice between turnouts with insulated frogs...
Various types of steam locomotives were used for shunting operations. Here are some of the commonly seen steam...
The Inglenook layout was created by Mr Alan Wright (1928 -2005) and designed on a four foot by one-foot board. This...
Most modellers know that flux should be used to make better soldering joins, however, too many articles on the...
To wire a controller to the track on a model railway, you will need to follow these simple steps :
Once all of the track is wired to the controller, you can test the power by turning on the controller and placing a locomotive on the track. If the locomotive moves, the wiring is successful.
If you are using a digital controller, you may also need to program the controller with the addresses of each locomotive on your layout. This will allow you to control the speed and direction of individual locomotives.
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