DC Model Railway Automation

Why drive model trains myself? I’ve got computers for that!
Author

Alaisdair West

Published

April 8, 2026

I recently rediscovered my DC model train set, I’ve been expanding my railway with more track. I got to thinking, why don’t I automate this? After all these simple DC trains are just DC motors on wheels which can easily be controlled through a normal motor driver. In this project I’m experimenting with all sorts of components to automate my simple railway.