Layout
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Layout
Track Plan
DCC
Structures
Scenery
Railroad
Locomotives
Rolling Stock
Maintenance
Daley Train Log
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I am about to wire one switch to the control panel I bought a couple of days ago. I want to verify that I understand the wiring connections and that everything works.
The test of the wiring worked perfectly first time. I ran one wire from the Accessories connector on an MRC power pack to the switch control panel and another wire from the second Accessories connector to a terminal strip. I then connected one end of the 3-wire (green-black-red) cable to the switch. The other end was attached as follows: black to the terminal strip, green to the green connector on the control panel and red to the red connector on the control panel.
I plugged the power pack in and turned it on. Then I tried pressing the red and green buttons on the control panel. The switch moved back and forth as intended. Good. I now have the wiring firmly under control.
The next step will be do the actual wiring of 12 of the switches in the Coaldale Yard.
I have been working on the Coaldale Yard layout for the last hour. It began as a simple effort to install the wires for some of the switches. However as I worked on this (I now have the wires attached for 3 switches) I began to realize that some of the track work is not aligned properly. This then meant that I had to remove many of the nails fastening the track to the tabletop and am now trying to reset the track so all of the track is perfectly lined.
I still have some work to do moving the track, but I think I have it all under control. I will lose two classification tracks in the yard, but it now looks less congested and more realistic.
Here are 4 photos of a mess/mayhem. This is what it looks like before it looks better.
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