Trains on MSN

Selecting turnout controllers

Q: I’m trying to decide on which turnout controller to use on my HO scale railroad. I’ve looked at the Tortoise by Circuitron and the Walthers Layout Control System. I like Walthers products, but it ...
Trains on MSN

News & products for the week of April 20th 2026

News & Products for the week of April 20th 2026 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading ...
IEEE

Deep Learning-Based Real-Time Model Predictive Motion Control for Distributed Drive Electric Vehicles Under Extreme Conditions

Abstract: The motion control of distributed drive electric vehicles (DDEVs) under extreme operating conditions is significantly affected by the strong nonlinearities in vehicle dynamics. A novel ...
Hackaday

development boards

It’s fair to say that there are a lot of development board form factors for MCUs, with [Tech Dregs] over on yonder YouTube on the verge of adding another one to the pile, but not before he was having ...
IEEE

ILQR-Based Robust Control Approach for Virtual Coupled Train Set

Abstract: This paper proposes a Virtual Coupled Train Set (VCTS) controller based on the Iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator (ILQR) method, achieving stable control of trains under communication ...