DCC Turnout Control
One of the advantages of using DCC is the ability to control the turnouts on a layout through your DCC system using the hand-held controller. The same controller that is used to control the locomotives. Thus you do not HAVE to build control panels. However, in a lot of the cases, modelers have found that the control panel is almost indispensable except on the smallest of layouts.
Special Trackwork Wiring - Reversing Sections
Reversing sections can be classified as special trackwork that has different wiring needs than most of the track on our layouts. There are three types of reversing sections that almost always required some sort of special wiring in order for them to work correctly. They are: 1- The Reversing Loop; 2- The Wye; and 3- The Turntable. In all cases, the section of track that is set aside to be the reversing section must be completely isolated at both ends from all other layout tracks or wiring. This is usually done by track and electrical gaps at both ends of the reversing section.
BLMA has been making great strides in creating quality prototypical products for the model railroading industry. A good example is the product we are reviewing today. To find one of these in the wild, is a common occurrence. Finding a good example of the prototype on a layout, is like finding Waldo without your glasses.
