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Last Tidbit from NMRA Show-- Unique track lead connection
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:42:16 GMT
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I almost forgot to share this:
Because we add to our tracks for greater realism, we don’t have much if any room
for track lead connections. And let’s face it-- the leads are quite a bulky and
unsightly solution for getting power to the rails. This isn’t a problem if we
have a tunnel where they can be hidden, but we didn’t have one planned at the
Cincy show, so Ross got to work and came up with this idea:
He cut a LEGO wire and soldered the cut ends to the rails. Then he imbeded the
2x2 connector in a section of track, and also imbeded a connection wire into the
track bed. That wire leads to the
transformer
module (All of those transformers are mounted and a part of that 15” x 30”
module).
The tracks snap down on the track bed precisely where they need to be and we lay
the rest of the track from those. It is a nifty little solution, which would
have brought a tear to Rob H’s eye, not to mention a purist’s as well;-)
JOHN
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