A work in progress...This is an experimental page and a layout that is in development. The layout will be off most of the time, and will be removed for work as often as not. Also the lights in the room will not always be on, so at night you won't see much. The layout itself is a fairly simple back and forth setup , based on one I found at http://www.lattermann.com/amaZing/layouts/small-layouts.htm. It has a couple of short sidings at each end and I added a longer freight siding. A timer circuit (from Zthek) controls the movement on the main line, which has a split in the middde, and I usually set those switches for alternate paths left to right and right to left. The short sidings are isolated so I can park engines and short trains on them, and the freight siding has its own power source. With a little work, three short trains can be switched around the layout.
I'm addicted to steam models, and
Marklin steam doesn't handle switches very well, especially double-cross
switches. Moreover, since I consider this layout a trial, it's laid on homasote
with IBL cork beneath but no ballast. If you know what homasote is, you'll
cringe at the thought of warps and unstability. Anyway, it's a rough track and
occasionally the cam will catch my old 0-5-0 switcher reaching into the scene
to nudge something along. That's life on the R&WD Div. of
the FAB&PP. This is a live view. If you do not see an image then you may have a firewall blocking execution of the japa applet, or my firewall configuration still doesn't work, or maybe the camera's down. In any case, if you don't see any image, try one of the links below, but be aware that you might have to login as 'guest' (no password.) This document maintained by rgm at
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