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Thank you very much and Merry Christmas to you as well!

Those pesky Martians! They all look like Ray Walston too!

Thank you!

I have my phone connected to a battery powered AM transmitter. The transmitter ground is tied to the original Ford radio case. The transmitter antenna comes up through the dash near the windshield wiper control and is coiled around the base of the stock antenna.

@@RAK402 nice, thanks!

I think that would be cool! You did that back in the mid to late 1970's I think. The technology has changed a huge amount since then. Yippee Ty One On!

@@RAK402 So then is Kato the best “N” gauge stuff now? One reason I stopped the trains was the Bachman stuff was garbage. Even the Athen stuff would constantly derail if the track wasn’t set perfect. I noticed the Kato track is mounted to a ridged road bed. This looks like it might work better, do you know anything about this? I know it’s not your gauge but let me know if you do. Thanks!

@@mjhouse1955 EK-trician, I don't know much of anything about N-Gauge. The Kato track looks really good to me too. O-Gauge and even Standard Gauge has now gone to the track with integral plastic roadbed (I think Kato was the first to do it) and it works really well. DCC is very interesting (sound, command control that will fit in HO or N Gauge.

There are two loops on the layout that are not connected to each other. Both loops are on DCS variable channels. Both also have TMCC/Legacy. The catenary is powered directly from the transformer with no Command Control or DCS Variable Control (at the moment-I will probably add a second TIU so that I can control the voltage to the catenary through a Variable Channel). Both of the locomotives that have been upgraded to PS-3 are running on the same outside loop in Command Mode (DCS). The passenger train on the inner loop is not equipped with command and is running from the Variable DCS channel.

@RAK402 thank you for the explanation! I am watching a video by Sean's train room on his standard of the world series episode 8 about wiring, it kind of explains how he does it using switches to change the power going from the TIU to the track with a double throw switch. I always used 4 outputs on my transformer for 4 different loops with 2 being conventional and 2 DCS controlled. I will do my new layout differently now from watching the video and your explanation. Thanks, Glenn

@@azslotracer I attempted to post a reply before but it seems to be gone sir. There is no reason to go to the complexity of double-pole double-throw switches. You were right the first time in using one DCS channel per loop-DCS stays on all the time and conventional running is accomplished through the variable channels. If you need more variable channels you add another TIU and run them in "Super TIU" mode (the new WTIU looks to be equipped with four variable channels so you would only need one of those). When I turn the power on, DCS is on, on both tracks. The only thing that I have on a separate switch is the Legacy Command base as some of those had an issue with overcharging the remote batteries. If you want to run pure conventional (i.e. varying the voltage through the transformer) that works too with DCS on the tracks. My layout is powered by two post-war ZW's and sometimes I just sit there, like I did 60+ years ago and run in conventional using the ZW handles.

@@RAK402 did you add any protective circuit breakers to protect the protosounds 2/3 engines against any shorts?

@@azslotracer No, there are fuses in the TIU to take care of this.

Thank you! This is my childhood layout, built by my father in 1960, restored.

Yes sir!

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Thank you!

It is Lionel Super O track from the late 1950's/early 1960's. I have been using it for 64 years now.

@RAK402 I had a feeling it was super O, I just bought a small train table that used super O and I'm working on restoring it with super O. Yours looks excellent by the way

@@safeguardprime5914 Thank you very much. You will, if you haven't already, hear people saying that the center rail of Super O will damage your pickup rollers. This is an old wives tale. Arcing is what damages pickup rollers no matter what type of track you use. Keep the center rail clean and you will be fine! Good luck with you layout-enjoy!

@RAK402 Oh, I've never heard of that. Oh yeah, track health is extremely important I will definitely keep that in mind!

@@RAK402 are there any preferred tools to clean a super O center rail?

That was really impressive!

It requires two parts: JR PROPO/Dee Force Aviation RG012BX DMSS receiver and BUS Changer converter for Helicopter (S Bus(Futaba)→X Bus(JR)). www.deeforce.net/

Thank you!

Thank you very much sir!

Thank you very much! At some point, I will re-shoot the video, now that the car has been restored. I will get shots of the outside as well. Thank you again!

@RAK402 Cool, looking forward to it!

Yes-MTH.

Thank you! The layout is all Super O Track. Some of it has the original 036, some is 042, some is 048, and the outside loop is 054. The track was modified by Rich Riley.

Thank you!