Keeping all the remotes straight . . .

Very cool & well done.

I do not see hardware.  I assume you glued all the pieces together?  How did you attach to the layout?

Ron

Slick!

Nice idea, Lee. I'm up to 4 remotes myself; I was thinking of modifying a tool belt for mine!  I guess it's stating the obvious, but I suppose those are the cab #'s painted on them?

This would be great especially for when kids are operating.  Perfect height for them and each remote has a place that it should return to when done.  Great work.

Great idea Lee...I used pvc pipe strapping...think they came 5 in a bag for about $4.00.

The only problem I see in your application, is that one of them is empty? Must be another LC+ is on the way...

"Crafty". You're at least taking baby steps toward Command Control. One DCS and one TMCC run my whole roster of Command Control. 

Gilly

I like the look of the holders and that you can access everything easily.  Do you find it convenient hanging the remotes vertically like that or given any thought to, say, mounting at a 45Deg angle to give better access?  

Hi love your layout and remote holder you invented, just a curious question. Why do you need so many remotes? does one remote for each engine you run and what system do you use dcs and legacy or which systems,curious

Alan

At least the LC RTR set remotes are color coded

Nice project.

Well, Gilly and repair tech, you guys should know this is the in-between. Remote is paired directly to the engine.

What does DCS or TMCC have to do with remote holders?

Lee; very neat idea.

I have thought of putting the whole set at that same point, but on a thin board with a piano hinge along the top, that would allow me to bring them up to a 45 degree angle, or even 90 degree (flat).  However, they work well like this and are easy to use.  One point for my just keeping them like this is that they are on one side of a 31 inch wide aisle, the one that goes down the right side of my layout, and bringing them up to an angle would make the aisle narrower.  

Another reason why I think I will leave them as is is because of the way I run trains.  I generally set a train running at a set speed and leave if for one to four hours chuffing or rumbling, as the case is, around the layout.  It don't operate or vary speed, etc.  When I do, I pick up the remote.  

LC+ locos come with one remote (radio-control) per locomotive, locked to that loco's road number.  One loco: one remote.  The remotes do not have all the detailed control features of Legacy or DCS: it controls the speed of the cruise, bell, whistle, crewtalk, couplers (front and back on diesels), chuff volume, and that's it.  

   So when I run four locos, I have four remotes out and running.  Six locos running = six remotes, except in cases where you are running two GP-7s, say, or the same diesel, or the FA set Lionel has announced (the remote that comes with either the A or B unit will control both units) take the .  

     As to the remote holders you see in my photo, the remotes do not normally STAY in those holders.  Only the remotes for the train's I am running go there.  I typically run three to four LC+ locos, but since it is concieveable that I might be running up to eight, I built eight slots.  I store the remotes with the locos when not in use. 

Very slick idea, Lee.  As to control in general, what works for one person, doesn't work well for another.  I'm glad to see different systems out there, transformer, TMCC/Legacy, DCS, IPad control, radio remote.  See what works best for you, and have at it.  If something new comes out, try it and see if it works for you.  If you have something, and don't have extra funds, stick with what you have.

That's great Lee. I'm still liking the velcro and cradle system to create my single unit multi-train/manufacturer remote. Thinkining about adding a wrist straps so I can pretend I'm ROBOTRAIN

Lee...this might be the ultimate answer for what to do with all of those LC+ remotes. And if any of the kids are into Roy Rogers too...then this could put them right over the top.

Lee

Very good idea and a well executed project.

Douglas

Lee,

  Thanks for this idea, instead of wood (I am the measure twice and cut three times and it is still wrong carpenter) I used plastic strapping instead.

Art