OK, here is the deal …..
I have 2 turnouts that I want to control automatically so that human error is taken out of the equation.

Basically I have a condition where the train entering one turnout will determine the position of the second turnout. The sequence of operation is as follows (see schematic for turnout location and positions)

Three years ago, my friend Ole Pade from Sweden completed an outstanding kitbash of IAIS SD20 103 based on an Atlas SD24.  The prototype 103 had long been a favorite of mine since I once had a chance to spend some time in the cab way back when, but I'd never gotten around to modeling it, so I half-jokingly asked Ole to please give me first dibs if he ever decided to sell his model.

A few years ago I bought an HO Atlas SD35, but couldn't run it until just recently, when I finally installed an ESU LokSound decoder it. Once the installation was done I was pumped to try out my "new" loco, and was very pleased until I tried to pull a string of twelve cars up a grade that's a little less than 2%.