Turnouts control

Motors choice

The first step : add motors to control the turnout rails from the digital centrale.

I have chosen the N gauge code 55 point “electrofrog” turnout. The core is conductor to avoid that the train stops.

The core polarisation depends on the turnout position.

To be more realistic, I seek some slow motors.

To sum up :

• slow motor
• electrofrog
• reliability
• low sound
• price

To compare :

(*) : fulgurex, is equal to lematec
(*) : tortoise motor is big ! (82 mm x 56 mm x 39 mm)

I have chosen the tortoise motors. It’s more expensive, but you can buy per 6 or 12 packs !

Note : to realize this comparator, I need to help from the contributors on the “forum du N”
1/160 – Echelle N – Le forum

Decoders choice

With any digital centrale, we can drive the turnout. You need a digital decoder.

Still, you have several solutions.

I think that I’m going to choose the switch pilot.

Finally, the next step is realize the work place and do a test layout.