LID turnouts are the best....I bought about 10 of the turnouts and it's exceptional quality. I can recommend them to anyone, the after-sales service from Gary ( the owner of LID ) is very friendly and professional.

Ron

Shame...it could be a nice addition to the layout..ah well, could have been an interesting project. But if you already tried it there's no need for me to re-invent the wheel...

Thanks Harold,

Ron

Are you sure ?
I can imagine that the chuff can't be synced when using a wheel cam...but isn't the chuff speed increased when you open the trottle ? So both decoders should react the same i.m.o.

Quote from: rich19 on January 11, 2008, 02:15:34 AM

Of course, the "under the table" sound output has to be filtererd from its hig freq sounds first....

Did anyone try this?

I don't think that it would be a problem to do this, could be done in the same way as with the car audio systems with a seperate woofer...

Hang a nice subwoofer under your railroad table, connect the decoder and a pre-amp which filters the higher frequency sounds and let the neighbours enjoy !

When I saw the first pictures ( view from above ) a few days ago I had my doubts, now that I've seen the other pictures I am definitely going to get one, possibly two....it's a beauty !

Ron

I just received 9 On30 #6 turnouts from Litco, very well packed, excellent quality, tested each of them and no binding or other problems....

Mmm, I am curious how my turnouts turned out. A friend of mine brought nine of them from the USA to The Netherlands, I still have to pick them up..
And you're right, it's a hassle to get them replaced when not living in the USA, I hope I won't get the same problem...

Did you contact Gary from LITco about the problems ? 

1. What is your On30 display? Mining, or logging operations, Christmas village, Mfg. ops., or a circle around Christmas tree?

Mining, Mfg. ops., passenger traffic, harbour, all in a fictional area

2 What do you have for Buildings on your layout? Scratch built, Plasticville,
Dept. 56?

Some craftsman kits , rest scratchbuilt.

3. What era does your layout represent? Civil war, turn of century, modern,
or let us know the exact date.

1960 -1970

4. What size and type is your layout? Shelf type , table top, walk around, 4x8, ping pong table, Etc...

Around the walls with a lift out section at the doorway, Size of the room: 20' x 7.5'

More info on my website: http://home.planet.nl/~wijs0822/

And I second that, the after sales service is also great...

Ron

There is another turnout option, you've probably heard of the Fasttrack turnout jigs which make it easy to make your own turnouts.
There is a company, called Light Iron Digest who makes these turnouts in code 83, which match the M.E. track. The turnouts can be ordered through here: http://www.maine2footquarterly.com/turnout.htm
i just ordered 9 turnouts from them, I heard they are very good and professionally made.

It isn't finished yet, It's waiting on a shelve to be finished...currently I am moving my layout to another room and I have no time to work on it yet..
I also didn't experiment with the minimum radius yet, I started this one when my layout was already down. But I think it should be able to handle an 18" curve....

Ok...a porter, a coach and a decoder....it seems that a decoder isn't easy to hide in the porter and I've read that a coach doesn't seem right when coupled to a porter...
But this combination has it al....and ample space for a decoder and a speaker