HO scale DCC wiring, track and accessories

[Trackman Ed]

I am new to the railroad business and excited to finally have a railroad of my own.  I have my benchwork pretty much complete.  I have two Bachmann locomotives, the Thunder Chief and the Echo Valley.  I did a test run and they both work fine.  Now I'm looking at switches and how to power them and do the wiring.  Can anyone point me to a wiring manual/book that will get me started in the right direction?

[ACY]

DCC turnouts don't require any wiring if you want to go that direction and you can throw them from anywhere using your DCC system (ie EZ Command or Dynamis).

[Len]

If you're talking about wiring switches that aren't already equiped for DCC, both Digitrax and NCE make fixed decoders for controlling slow motion and solinoid type switch machines.

This site, http://www.wiringfordcc.com/ will tell you just about anything you want to know about wiring a DCC layout.

Len

[Trackman Ed]

Thank you guys for responding.  I am using Bachmann EZ track silver nickel and the 4 turn outs that I have, have wiring coming from the bottom and there is a small box under the turnout.  Also the power system I have, I have 2, they came with the train sets, do not incorporate any wiring other than the track.  Can I use the dcc power source, the extra one to operate the turnouts?

[Hunt]

The turnout you describe is not DCC decoder equipped. Use the accessory AC terminals of a DC model train power pack to power the switch machine in the E-Z Track Turnout.

Click Here   for turnout instructions. Read all the instructions do not depend only on the illustrations.

You can also use a wall wart type transformer rated 12 to 16 volts output at 500 milliamps (mA) up to 1 amp instead of the model train power pack.  Either AC or DC output wall wart transformer will work.