Now we had reached the point of running the wiring from the "Control Panel" out the the layout. In order to accomplish having separate blocks, a lot of wire had to be run. In order to differentiate between the different blocks, we chose to use several colors of wire to determine what was what. DCC requires a Rail A and a Rail B wire. One of those wires can be used in every block. However the other wire, in our case, Rail A had to be block specific.
We started at the east end of West Springfield Yard, where the control panel would be located and worked east. As we worked east, we would have two wires for Rail A. One for Track 1 and the other for Track 2. Rail B would be shared between both. The sidings and yards would have their own Rail A and Rail B to separated them.
We left slack in the wiring to allow for us to attach the feeder wires from the rail to here. It also allows room for switch machines and any other accessories that would need to be mounted to the underside of the plywood.
Once this was completed, we moved to the Control Panel. This would be where the DCS210, PM42 and BDL168's would be located. It was to be mounted beneath the east end West Springfield Yard for ease of access.
Early look at the Control Panel with one BDL168 mounted.
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