The PTC Model III Documentation Library

User Documentation

All of the currently available documentation on the PTC Model III, including Product Overview (which includes pricing and ordering information), Users Manuals, and Application Notes can be downloaded from this page. This page has now been updated to include magazine reviews from Model Railroading, Model Railroader, and the Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette.

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All of the reviews included here are reprinted and made available with the permission of the respective publishers, and are intended for the non-commercial use of New York Railway Supply customers and prospects. They may not be reused in any form without the expressed written permission of the orignial publishers.

PTC III Overview:

PTC Overview  01/06/2005  PTC III Product Overview, Options and Specs (580kb)

User Manuals:

 Rotary User Manual        04/12/2000  User's Manual for Rotary Track Selector Models (436kb)
 Pushbutton User Manual 04/12/2000  User's Manual for Pushbutton Track Selector Models (807kb)
 Keypad User Manual	    04/12/2000  User's Manual for Keypad Track Selector Models (368kb)
 Motor Mount Manual     02/26/1999  User's Manual for Optional Motor Mount Kit (260kb)
 Motor Mount Drawing    02/26/1999  Motor Mounting Dimensions (260kb)
 Shaft Brake Installation   07/10/2007  Shaft Brake Installation (425kb)
 Automatic Power Router Installation   12/17/06 Preliminary (1.4M)

Application Notes:

 App1 Diam Scale Conversion   04/12/2000  App. Note #1: Diamond Scale Rotary Switch Conversion (328kb)
 App2 Walthers Conversion      04/12/2000  App. Note #2: Conversion of Walthers 95' HO Turntable (367kb)
 App3 Chubb Interfacing       04/12/2000  App. Note #3: Chubb Computer Control of the PTC Model III (131kb)

Magazine Reviews:

 MRG_Sep00.exe		11/05/2001  Model Railroading, Sep '00, by Doug Geiger. 4 pages, many photos (2.7 M)
 Dec96.exe					11/05/2001  Model Railroader, Dec. '96, by Andy Sperandeo. 2-1/2 pages (1.9Mb)
 NGSLG_Sep96.exe	11/05/2001  Narrow Gauge Gazette, Sep. '96, by editor Bob Brown.  1/2 page (1.3Mb)          

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