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Regular poster 230 posts DHfan73 Regular poster 230 posts
DHfan73

https://northcountrytrains.wordpress.com/2019/10/25/some-work-done/

This week I installed a light switch to control the power to a staging track. It works great, so I’ll be getting more the the other tracks.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ObCPumOvUyondSbDZIKk8Qyx47ajmDX-/preview?

The track in Plattsburgh yard was also looking a little kinked, So I took a dremel to the turnouts (eek!) and now it is nice and smooth.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oqli_uiS3UuEAada0Rjz53eHMLGaH5JW/preview?

The next major project is to straighten out this mess…

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OYgiimTBNXzsfCw0lXlN1V4kLFAw0e_5/preview?

The northbound WR-15 crosses Margaret St. in Plattsburgh. The station wagon is a Matchbox car I found at Renny’s in Wells, ME.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VByFG5gsWoNbTT6ZwnXHJOZJt6-dTQ8C/preview?
The rear finally clears…
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXakOf75K_RFXhkdvK7N5KQ_buzG5fwT/preview?
This corner is an area I started scenery on, but never finished. Looks like someone illegally dumped a car there.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-hlyTCfOp_Qc-LPDUK4MN7FM0G2zRh8/preview?
The Adirondack passes the WR-15 doing some switching at the transload building. The grass will become a parking lot.

Harrison

Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.

Modeling the D&H in 1978.

Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
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cboyan43 Regular poster 249 posts
cboyan43

Simple switch

I chuckled when I saw the wall switch used for controlling the track power.  Creative. 

Chris
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DHfan73 Regular poster 230 posts
DHfan73

I got the idea of using

I got the idea of using switches from this blog:

http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2011/05/simple-staging-yard-control.html

Harrison

Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.

Modeling the D&H in 1978.

Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
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musgrovejb Prolific poster 1,737 posts
musgrovejb

Neat!

Thanks for sharing!

Joe

Modeling Missouri Pacific Railroad's Central Division, Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Goose in The Caboose Productions Regular poster 313 posts
Goose in The Caboose Productions

Awesome

Dude, that is looking fantastic!! Just a thought, but if you're going to tackle fixing the wiring, this would be a good opportunity to make a really nice looking control panel. Replace the Atlas selectors with Miniatronics DPDT toggle switches and make a track diagram out of auto stripping tape from Auto Zone or some place like that. Just my two cents worth.

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Goose in The Caboose Productions  -  Railroad and Model train fanatic, superhero fan, and lover of historically accurate and well-executed sword fights.

Long live railroading and big steam!! And above all, stay train-crazy!!!

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ctxmf74 Super User 15,993 posts
ctxmf74

I like the grade crossing photo

Nice angle to shoot it from....DaveB

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