Hi everyone,
I'm preparing to go big with a floor layout this holiday season, and will be covering a good amount of space with the temporary layout. I'm going TMCC and fastrack; and I'm sorting how to best handle power.
I currently have the TMCC base and remote, as well as a pair of postwar ZW's. My hope for the layout is a two-track mainline around a 10x20 foot living room, and an extension so the outer loop can go down a hallway and back (an extra ~30 feet of track) Other than this, I'd have two sidings and thats it for trackage. Never more than 4 trains will be on the tracks, and only two will be running. Only accessories being powered are 5 tmcc switch lanterns/mechanisms.
A few questions if you guys can help with advice:
- In general, if I split the layout into a few power blocks how do I extend the TMCC signal from block to block? Or does that not matter because the signal travels through the ground contact?
- Do you guys think a ZW can handle all that, assuming if needed I make up to 4 blocks to use all of its channels? If not, will two cover it?
Apologies for the newbie questions!