well, hope this works...better late than never right? remember it's a very rough drawing! not really to scale just showing the basic layout..lots of buidlings and town stuff in the blank areas..and work building for the yards and roundhouse. now hopefully the pic will load.....

Thanks for the replies and links and the advice! As soon as I get the very newborn to sleep I'm going to do a very rough drawing of the layout and post it up so you can get a better understanding of what I'm talking about. Yeah, I know I can't run two dc engines independently off the ez command, but if I totally isolate the the third line no dcc will even be on it. Arghh I'm talking in circles let me try to get the newborn to sleep and the pic will explain it better.
Jerry, I'm in McComb if you know where that is. We have a pretty neat train museum here in honor of the ICG repair yard that used to thrive here and was the only reason our town was founded. Are there any dedicated train shops down in Nola? Or did the hurricane wipe em and spell doom to them? Drawing coming in a little while.

Now I'm faced with an interesting dilemma . Should I isolate one of the three mains and run it with the new power pack or should I just tie it in all together? Both have advantages. With it isolated I can  run two dc engines. With it tied in together I can only run one, also with it isolated there will be only one track" with it tied together I can switch between all three lines the way I have it set up. Ah, choices choices....also, Jerry will that 8 pin jumper be enough or do need 2? I'm guessing by your avatar your from the south? I'm in Mississippi myself. Anyway thanks again for all the help and future help!

nvm...just googled it, and i thought that was what it was. =) thanks again!

ok, thanks! time to show my ignorance now..what is a barrier strip?

Hi All,
New to forum and all, but my son is getting his first train set for Christmas this year, and hehe..so is dad along with him. I'm jumping back into the hobby as well. So with that said, he is getting from his Grandparets the Bachmann Digital Commander set, and me and his mom are getting him a few more engines and rolling stock and track.  So, my question is this:

Our layout will be 5'x16' with 3 main lines and lots of switches(10). How in all of Hades do I make the switches work with the EZ Commander or am I missing something here? I've looked on youtube and found really nothing...so am I going to have to do all of this switching around manually or are we are going to have to buy some other gadget to make all of them work. We also have 2 crossovers one left and one right.

any and all help is GREATLY appreciated!!!

Thanks in advance!
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