A CLINIC in 4 parts WHAT MAKES

A CLINIC in (4) parts

WHAT MAKES MODEL RAILROADING SO INTERESTING?

TODDLER POWER

The FINCH & CARLISLE BATTERY

LIONEL ENTERS THE MARKET Remember that he gave his salesman Conrad Hubert of Eveready Batteries his start

SPEED CONTROL

AC WITHOUT A TRANSFORMER

Transformers

MORE COMPLICATIONS

RANGE OF VOLTAGES AVAILABLE

SPEED CONTROL - (AT LAST)

FIRST “MODERN” POWER PACK

A PRIMITIVE AUXILLRY CONTROL

RELAY COILS BLOCK AC

LIONEL 375 TURNTABLE

END OF LIONEL

A TIME FOR TRANSITION

THE START OF A NEW HOBBY

ENTER the MODEL RAILROADER

BEGINNING OF SCALE OPERATION

WHICH IS BETTER, A. C. or D. C. ?

ANOTHER TRANSITION

RECTIFIERS – A HUGE ADVANCE

OTHER USES FOR RADIO TUBES

SOLID STATE RECTIFIERS

DC PULSE POWER

LEGACY DC

FIRST COMMON WIRING SYSTEM

BINARY SCALE RAILROADING

COMPUTERIZED LALYOUT DESIGN

MORE LAYOUT DESIGNING TOOLS

GE ASTRAC

SUNSET VALLEY From Bruce Chubb’s article of Sunset Valley system as explained in Feb ‘ 85 MR

Hornby ZERO 1

Onboard and PSI Dynatrol

COMMAND CONTROL

LENZ, MÄRKLIN and ARNOLD

NMRA and DCC

DCC for TURNTABLES

ADVANCED DCC CAPABILITIES

CHANGING THROTTLE VOLTAGES

ANOTHER DECODER FEATURE

WIRELESS DCC

CAMERAS IN RAILROADING

FIRST CAMERA USE Cameras have been used in model railroading since about 1950 and finding more uses all the time.

The FLY-DV

FIRST ENGINEER’S VIEW

Telecamera-AU-103

INTERNET CONTROL

BACK TO BATTERIES

DEAD RAIL PLUS DCC

MOVING FREIGHT

TOY FREIGHT MOVED AT WHIM

This HO box car travelled over 1000 miles on a single waybill thanks to the USPS.

REUSABLE WAYBILLS

FIRST RANDOMIZING SYSTEMS

CARS SOMETIMES TAGGED.

SWITCHLISTS AND WAYBILLS

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

CONSIDER GAMES ON AN IPOD

GAME vs. TRAINS

PLAYING THE ‘GAME’

ONE POSSIBLE APPROACH

COMMUNICATIONS

BUILDING A SUPER LAYOUT

Now ACCESS THIS WITH AN IPOD

IPOD CONTROL

SCHEMATIC VIEW

CAR INTERCHANGE

OTHER EXCHANGES

EVEN MORE POSSABILITIES

AND FINALLY …

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BUILD THIS SAFE POWER SUPPLY

3 REASONS FOR AN ENCLOSURE

SHELVES

SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION

FUSE MODULE

ABOUT TRANSFORMERS

PANEL MOUNT TRANSFORMER

PC BOARD MOUNT TRANSFORMER

POWER BOARD ON SHELF

STANDARD POWER SUPPLY

SMALL POWER FOR WORKBENCH

BUZZER

DUAL SWITCHING SUPPLY

BATTERY TESTER

BATTERY TEST AND CAB CONTROL

SIMPLE BATTERY TEST CIRCUIT

POWER FOR ENTIRE RAILROAD