Since I have these one of these Kato turnout switches available, I might use it temporarily to control my turnouts until I get to a more permanent solution.
I think that they are intended onto the side of a Kato power back, but I would link like to connect a 9v battery to the switch.
Does anyone know what kinds of connectors these are, or where I might find some?
I have a crossover that consists of two Kato #6 turnouts on my T-TRAK module.
My eventual plan is to use LCC and 15 vdc auxiliary power to control the turnout.
I was going to control them manually, but realize I have one of those blue lever Kato turnout control switches. Now I am thinking that maybe I could wire a 9v battery -- or 2 in series if I need 18v -- to that switch and control the turnouts that way until I get the LCC node set up.
Is this likely to work? Any concern about burning out the solenoid?
I confess -- I am an HO scale T-TRAKer who thinks that Unitram looks very, very cool.
And I don't expect Kato is likely to come out with HO scale any time in the near future.
But was looking at the Kato Unitram specs, and it looks like double Unitram curves are 213mm/180mm, and I think the Z T-TRAK corner modules have radii of 220 mm/195 mm.
So could you build a modular Unitram setup using Klawndyke Z scale module kits?
When I started building my modules, I assumed that the way T-TRAK worked was then when there was a show, individual owners would consult with with whoever designed the layout, and the day before the show, every one would being their own modules and we would put together the layout. When the show ended, we would take all our modules home.
My impression from helping with tear down after the last show was that some of the modules were club owned -- but I may also be confused.
Is a club owning some modules pretty common?
If so, why?
Do club own module because some long time member owned them and passed away, and passed them on to the club?
Does the club own modules because there are modules -- say inside corner modules -- that are not very popular to build -- but almost every layout needs some?
Are there other reasons I haven't considered?
Or am I likely just confused -- that it's very rare for clubs to own modules?
If any of you have IT experience, I’d love to hear your thoughts on what it would take to get the search engine on this Wiki working. Probably over half of what I know about modules was gleaned from this Wiki, but the more I explore, the more frustrated I get. I realize that the nature of wiki’s is that page owners let their pages get outdated, but it seems like this thing has some underlying structural deficiencies.
I've been given some decent size offcuts of plywood and so intended to make my first modules. I know the base is 308 x 330mm but is the 70mm height with or without the adjustable feet. (N gauge)
I have added these HO, N, and Z scale flairs for posts that are scale specific.
I haven't added them previously in part because I haven't thought them necessary.
I have learned a lot about buses, wiring, and working with Unitrack from the guy in both of my local T-TRAK clubs, even though they are both N scale, and I am working in HO scale.
I also haven't used them previously because I am also a new mod.
I will create other scale flairs on request -- though I will want to see a picture of 48" radius O scale corner module before I created that flair. :-)
The flairs are optional, users can use the as they see fit.
Let me know what you think.
