The new
M420 made its “static display” debut on the layout yesterday. Unfortunately, we were
busy applying scenery, so no effort was made to run it. That’s for another
time!
Meanwhile,
Jérôme succeeded in building a working manual switch stand target using parts
distributed by Rapido. We don’t use mechanical or electrical devices to operate
the turnouts, preferring our hands. Only a few are operated with a Fastrack
manual device. Making the switch stand to really work and indicate the
direction was a long time goal. It seems much easier to do than previously
thought. However, for the moment, only the mainly turnouts will be equipped
since it is a tedious work to do. It represents about 7 turnouts which is more
than enough at this point. If it proves to be reliable, in the best of the
world all turnouts would be equipped with moving targets identified by their
track number for ease of operation.Unfortunately, I forgot to photograph Jérôme's mock up...
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