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 Alpine Railway and the Digital Command Control In todays model railroading Digital Command Control, or more understandably the computer controlled track and rolling stock is de facto. Alpine Railway too is controlled with the DCC. In DCC the controlling unit (computer) sends a signal to the unit to be controlled (a locomotive, switch, building, etc.). This signal is normally transferred within the wires that feed the current (normally 14V AC for H0 scale). Recently the radio controlled control units have become more frequent enabling easy walk around as well. With computerisation many added functions have come to improve realism. For example many locomotives have realistic lighting with alternating ditch lights and directional lighting, and a multitude of sounds including horn, bell, air pump, air realease, braking squel, dynamic braking sounds, to name a few. Computers have added to the behavior of the locomotive as well: Pushing the throttle to the maximum affects the engine almost immediately, but the movement will start prototypically slowly, and wise verse, the train won't stop immediately, once the momentum is gained. Fascinating new features within easy reach! The benefits for the computer controlled environment on the Alpine Railway are obvious:
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See Alpine Railway at
shows... The Swiss Railways
section... Click to enlarge the pictures!  The Re6/6 is dashing forward on the tracks as another train passes the station in the background.  Above and below some of the Swiss railroad stock seen on the Alpine Railway.   The Biehstal bridge is one of the oldest and most distictive part on the alpine Railway. Click the pictures to see the enlarged versions!  The Alpine Railway is not just a railway on the modules, but villages with roads connecting them, mountains and gorges. Here an automatically guided bus stops in front of the level crossing to let the train pass first.  Blue mountain on the Alpine Railway is one of the postponed projects aiming to improve the landscape to look more mountainlike. |
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 Alpine Railway took part in the yearly national model railroad meeting in Tampere Finland 27-28.10.2007. The layout mini configuration is shown in the picture. Picture: Lorenz Schmuckli. |
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Alpine Railway at Helsinki Model Expo Hobby Show in March 2007. Click the picture to see the whole layout! |
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Other Alpine Railway pages Alpine Railways main page... See Alpine Railway at
shows... The Swiss Railways
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