Blog | Rail Conductor

May 17, 20232 min read

Rail Conductor - AniLight DCC Decoder Random Mode

The Rail Conductor AniLight DCC decoder has a random feature (mode 10) which can bring your city lights to life! The enclosed video...

May 14, 20231 min read

Rail Conductor - AniLight - Mobile Decoder Testing

The AniLight decoder is categorized as a stationary decoder. It's bulk and terminals make rolling stock insertion difficult for smaller...

Jul 31, 20191 min read

Rail Conductor - AniLight - Animate Lighthouse and Old Time Gas Streetlights

Play the video below and examine the flicker of the streetlight. Looks like real lantern light! And the lighthouse; the ramp up and...

Jul 25, 20192 min read

Rail Conductor - Install / Configure DCC Decoders

These instructions are from the AniLight User Guide available for download on the home page under the AniLight description. 1) Connect...

Jul 13, 20191 min read

Rail Conductor - AniMove - Animate Loco Shed Doors

In the late 1800s the logging railroads began building locomotive sheds where maintenance could be performed without getting wet! They...

Jul 13, 20191 min read

Rail Conductor - AniMove - Animate a Water Tower Spout

Many DCC steam locomotive decoders have added a "water stop" sound effect that has audibles for water coming out of the spout and the...

Jul 13, 20191 min read

Rail Conductor - AniMove - Animate a Gantry Crane

A logging railroad needs a gantry crane to traverse parked log cars and lift logs off the cars and into the bay to be tugged to the city....

Jul 12, 20192 min read

Rail Conductor - AniLight - Animate the Sun, Moon and Lightning

Our trains don't take hours to get to the next town. So many speed up time to make the delivery schedule more challenging with a "fast...