Rick

"Does every accessory require a DCC address?"  Yes.

PD

"Does it come with it's own power source ?"  No it is powered from the cab buss.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

Jeff

If you can live with a diesel the Davenport is widely available
and has virtually the same wheel base as the porter and will
operate on the same radii curves.  It is also available with and
without a decoder.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

WGL

Your Zephyr is working properly.

The EZ command system applies a higher than standard voltage
to the track, thus the higher speeds.

The accepted standard DCC track voltage for H0 is 13 - 14v, the EZ command
is closer to 17v.

The Zephyr is designed to work with 15v max AC input, the track voltage will be ~13.8v.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

Peter

I have two of them and the pilot truck's are floppy as you describe.

As I stated before the clearance between the bottom of the pilot
deck and the truck is minimal and will cause problems on uneven track

Another point to check is do the pilot truck wheels rotate freely?

My layout has tight radius curves and many grade changes, some on
curves and I have never had the pilot truck's derail.

I think you need to go over your track.  Are you using sectional track and
is it fastened down?

The 2-8-0 need's good solid track work.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

PJF

Check the clearance of the spring hanger to the bottom of the pilot deck.
It is very close, you may have to trim the link a little.  Are you using outside
bearing truck?  The outside bearing truck is more prone to catch than the
inside bearing truck, especially on uneven track.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

Rick

The Tsunami can be run on DC, you just need to turn DC mode on.
They ship with DC mode turned off as you stated.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

WGL

The command station is connected to the power boosters in a daisy chain
fashion, the boosters in turn are each connected to a separate section (Power District) of track.

The command station talks to all boosters all the time.  The command station is in turn connected
to multiple throttles (Cabs) via the cab buss.  In this way you have control of your train anywhere
on the layout.  The boosters are used for power distribution only, not for control.

The NEC PB105 and PB110 boosters will work with Lentz , Digitrax, and of course NCE.  They are not
reccomended for the PowerCab system.  The PowerCab system has the smart booster SB3 which is a command station-booster combined to which you can connect several DB3 boosters at 3a each.

Using the SB3 smart booster makes your PowerCab into a 3amp Pro-Cab system.

As for using a EZ-command booster with NCE or Digitrax, I can't answer that as their isn't enough
documentation available.  I don't reccomend it.  Jim Banner may be able to help with it.

I hope this helps clarify boosters for you.

BTW  I have a NCE Pro-Cab 5a system with an RRAMP meter in the power circuit and have yet to see
1amp draw and all my lcoos are Tsunami equipped.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

WGL & Jward

The zephyr is available here, and the shipping is free.

http://www.litchfieldstation.com/xcart/product.php?productid=2450095&cat=23&page=1


Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

Daylight

It's described on the bottom of your diagram.

The tender shell snaps onto the chassis.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

DD

Check out this site, they make very good inexpensive decoders.
You can buy them direct if you want.

http://www.tcsdcc.com/

Two other great dealers are:

http://www.litchfieldstation.com/DCC-University/index.htm

And

http://tonystrains.com/

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

To All

http://www.micromark.com/MANTUA-CLASSICS-HO-SCALE-2-6-6-2T-ARTICULATED-LOGGING-TANK-LOCOMOTIVE,7368.html

$94.95

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

Jerry

The Mantua 2-6-6-2's are made by Model Power.

They are sold under the "Mantua Classics" name.

They are currently available from several dealers as well
as direct from Model Power.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

Chatzi473

FYI the BLI C-16 is still available, they are being sold as Blue Line loco's.

They will be available by fall.

The only paint schemes are Bumble Bee and two Christmas schemes.

http://factorydirecttrains.com/bluelinec-16.aspx

They can be made to run very well by redistributing the weight, they
are front heavy.  Out of the box they don't track very well.

I have a fix if you or anyone else would like to improve your C-16.

E-mail me.  My E-mail is in my profile.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

Ray

I have two of the inside frame 4-4-0's, and I can tell
you that indeed they run as well and as quiet as
the one you have.

go for it!

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA

Pacific Northern

You're right I didn't click on any of the loco's icon's.

The first listing just says DCC.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Tim Anders
Souderton, PA