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Iowa Scaled fast clock - 1
I
am not a fast clock guy. My layout is about the last place
you’d imagine needing one, since I model a small regional
railroad with very laid-back operations. I didn’t want my
crews to feel pressured by a fast clock, or to make their moves
too quickly in order to beat the clock.
Imagine my surprise, then, when they began asking me to
install a fast clock. Apparently, their absence added some pres-
sure. They assumed the time must be later in their shift than
by
Joe Atkinson
Iowa Scaled Engineering
Fast clock
1. The master unit in use at my dispatchers desk.
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