Suggestions for wiring and controlling a model railway.

Wiring basics

How to connect to the track, how many feeds wires, how thick should the wire be?

Plan Requirements

What you might like to decide before restricting future choices too much.

Wiring strategies

One throttle per loop, per train, per zone or per section.

What can we drive

Trains, Signals, lighting, scenic actions, road vehicles, sound

Detecting the trains

Types of sensors and their limitations.

Trouble-free wiring

One aspect of trouble-free wiring: How to wire up ground. Avoiding interference between systems.

Power routing

Routing track power from multiple throttles to the tracks.

Train follower

Thoughts on keeping track where the trains are.

Glossary

An explanation of a few of the terms used on this site

Table turner

An interesting device if you don't like grovelling under your baseboard with a hot soldering iron in hand!