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The Peavine & Santa Fe Model Railroad

The Peavine & Santa Fe is a model Railroad inspired by the real Santa Fe branchline in Arizona from Ash Fork on the Santa Fe mainline, to Phoenix. The original name of this line was "The Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway". The period is set around 1961 when this line still served Prescott and had to climb grades up to 3 per cent.

Friday, June 09, 2006

Some thoughts on DCC and electrical

During the winter we have put down some track in our yard. The wiring is temporary as we wanted to run trains as soon as possible, But now it is time to do the more permanent wiring.
I have tested the shortproofing systembulbs similar to the 1156-bulbs Joe Fugate and others use and find that it works.
You can see a demonstration of his technique here:

We have bought our bulbs at BILTEMA – 12V/25W – part number 35-15325
We run our trains with Digitrax DCC.

Here is a schematic plan of the Phoenix Union Station - Mobest Yard - Glendale industrial District area - if you click on the plan, you can view it a larger verson:


I have postet a question on Joe Fugates forum on how many blocks and bulbs I need.

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