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Switch Motors | Electrify Peco Turnouts
Bill seeks help from anyone in the hobby who knows about Switch motors and asks:
“I have 38 Peco turnouts on my layout and want to electrify all of them. I will have one control panel. My sub base is 1/2″ plywood with a portion of the plywood covered by 2″ dense foam. I have easy access to the underside of the layout. In researching all of the possibilities, my mind is swimming! Any suggestions from anyone on which direction I should go would be appreciated. I am able to do all of the wiring myself. Thanks!”
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Hi–
Almost any turnout will work with the “Tortoise” slowmo switch machine from Circuitron. It offers xtra connections for feed back, panel lights, etc. It is easy to install and works & looks very realistic.
Thanks CJB
I have a H0 DCC system on a 3/8th (9mm) base and use Peco insulated frog turnouts. Hidden under each turnout is a snap-action Peco PL-10E solenoid motor (with an extended operating pin for a 5/8” maximum base) with a Peco PL-9 mounting plate. Each motor is wired to a Bachmann Switch Pilot accessory decoder that can operate up to four motors. I have wired each turnout to automatically switch three sets of LED signal lights (one for each direction). Everything is operated with a Bachmann Dynamis Decoder.
If you have an analogue system and insulated frog turnouts, fit a Peco PL-13 accessory switch to each PL-10E motor and wire each to a PL-26 passing contact switch (various colours). Six PL-26 switches can be mounted together on a Peco PL-27 console.
Live frog turnouts require a Peco PL-15 micro switch to control polarity and can also operate panel indicator lights.
As a relatively new modeller myself, I can recommend ‘Newcomer’s Guide to Model Railways’ by Brian Lambert.