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HELIX BUILD: Wiring and track layout – Episode 8

Posted on 13th January 20213rd December 2022
  • Electrical
  • Layout Update
  • Trackwork

Follow along as I continue the build of my N scale model railroad. In this episode I complete the wiring and track laying in the helix. I explain how I did the blocks for train detection and how I wired the helix. Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel […]

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Helix completed!

Posted on 30th December 20203rd December 2022
  • Baseboard Build
  • Electrical
  • Layout Update
  • Trackwork

Productive day today – finished the wiring of my helix and connected it to the Digitrax BXP88 block detector. Successfully ran 2 shuttle schedules using Railroad & Co, testing two locos up and down the helix. Now just to wait for the first baseboard kits to arrive and I can […]

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