I have the same problem as blacksapote. Your neighbor probably bought the same starter set for $ 200 that actually includes 2 starter kits: a DCC powered engine with DCC transformer plus a set of turnouts that are meant to be powered analog and do not work with the tranformer supplied. I had an old Maerklin analog tranformer and it works well in powering the turnouts. However, the little flipswitches look quite skimpy and connecting several of them together looks even skimpier.

Can anybody recommend a brand of (sturdy looking and well made) switchpanels which work with Bachmann turnouts? My problem is that there are 3 cables leaving the turnouts rather than 2 on my other layout (which is a LGB garden railway). On my garden railway the electrical switch just reverses polarity (I guess) whereas the Bachman turnouts seem to be switched differently (I am sorry, I am REALLY electrically challenged), so I cannot use the same kind of switchpanels.

Any help is appreciated