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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 ...

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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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Originally Posted by northmill

This is my first T-Trak module.

It's been almost 6 months since I last put any real effort into the layout. Surprisingly, it just worked when I turned it on, which was very nice to have happen. I did spend about 30 minutes wiping down the track, and vacuuming out all the little spots first though. I expect it would have been a bit rough if I hadn't. I'm still impressed though. The No-Ox just works. It's magic, that's all there is to it. I left that sit for 6 months in a humid basement, and while there was a little black ...

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Has anyone had any luck ordering from them? I have tied to call Tom and left a message on their web site last week and no response.
And just tried again to leave a note on their contact page and just keep getting error message.
Hope Tom is OK. Lost his email when I changed web service.
thanks
rich