6. Layout plan for HO scale on the 4x8 tabletop.
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Layout control
The layout throttles will be DC, with two-position toggle
switches to control the electrical blocks. The eventual con-
trol panel will be done on in the conventional manner, using
hardboard mounted into a used computer keyboard drawer
installed under the layout table hear the edge of the wye
throat. It can be slid under the layout when not in use. Three
DC throttles will eventually be used, one mainly for the trolleys,
one for the museum steam, diesel, and interurban runs out
and on the straight run, and an optional third one to handle
the working UP line.
I will start with a standard stationary “power pack,” which can
continue to function for the trolley loop. But I would like to
MRH-May 2014
