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  1. Video of a milestone for me- 8 trains running (with one out of view)

    Running on DC, I managed to get things running on all available routes. In order, they are-
    Santa Fe El Capitan
    B&O Capital Ltd
    UP City of San Francisco
    PRR freight transfer to B&O yard
    Santa Fe Grand Canyon
    Great Northern Empire Builder
    Santa Fe El Capitan (2nd section, sort of)
    CB&Q Twin Zephyr

    Out of view is a CNW bi-level commuter out of La Salle Station (I haven't the room to stick Northwestern Station on the layout, so ...
  2. Tiny Sensors for location detection

    So, one problem I don't like about N scale, is that to get reasonable sized sensors for things like location, you don't have as many options. I wanted a way to put a notification sensor to tell me when a train passes a location. Use IR or Hall, right? Well, they are big and clunky really. I did find a Youtube of a guy who did something clever. He put an IR and Photodiode into a tiny package to fit in between the tracks. Well, that would work for me, so I tried the same thing, and it works.
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  3. The Shire T Trak Module

    Quote Originally Posted by northmill View Post
    This is my first T-Trak module.

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