Having the layout DCC is a great advantage but I do have some conventional DC locomotives that need a place to run. Even with all of these advanced technology I have put into the layout I still have the option to plug in my NCE PowerCab and run DCC trains without the use of JMRI or WiThrottle. By doing this I use JMRI to run my layout and WiThrottle to for my friends and I to wirelessly operate the Layout using our cell phones.

The NCE USB interface allows me to connect the rest of the layout to the computer. On my upper level I have a siding that is isolated and can be used as a normal siding or with the flick of a toggle switch on my control panel I can turn it in to a separate program track controlled through JMRI on my computer. The Digitrax PR4 allows me to connect my program track to my computer and do various programming to locomotives like changing CV values and programing in custom sounds to sound equipped locomotives. The NCE EB1 is a short circuit protection for the NCE system to protect the electronics of the DCC system if a short were to occur. I have also invested in many other features for the layout including the NCE EB1, Digitrax PR4, and the NCE USB interface. It provides 5 amps of power to the whole layout.

This HO scale layout is powered by my NCE SB5 booster. I plan to have a coal plant on the right side of the upper level which will have many siding for switching coal loads. There will only be one mainline that runs around the top. So far I only have track laid on half of it but so far I am liking how its turning out. The upper level is all industrial with many sidings and passing tracks allowing for lots of switching operations. The second level of the layout is the same Atlas code 100 track soon to be painted with the airbrush. All the tack is Atlas code 100 that has been painted brown with my airbrush. It is a smaller yard with 3 pull through sidings and 2 stub tracks leading into a locomotive shed. In the back of the layout is my switching yard. Each mainline is roughly 70 feet of track which allows for nice long trains.

There are two levels, the bottom level has two mainlines that run parallel all the way around. I am attempting to model Union Pacific but I mostly run whatever locomotives I own. I thought I would take some time to hop on here and show some pictures of my model railroad.

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