@gunrunnerjohn posted:Not much to tell, I just mounted the switches and wired them with a resistor for each LED. The switches have an LED with separate leads, so you just wire them like you would separate LED's. Obviously, the center rail for each track comes to one switch.
In order to make the panel removable, I added connectors to the panel.
Could you tell me where you got the switches?
Mike
@mike g. posted:Could you tell me where you got the switches?
Adafruit, Illuminated 16mm Pushbutton Switch.
Hi John, thank you for sharing the information with me! I am also wondering if you need one of your watchdog boards for each track?
@mike g. posted:Hi John, thank you for sharing the information with me! I am also wondering if you need one of your watchdog boards for each track?
Nope, I have the WD generator on the output of the TIU over at the power panel. That's the whole point of the WD Generator. Three of my four power districts have the WD generators connected directly to the TIU outputs.
John, the yard and yard panel look great!
Mike, thank you for asking about the Watchdog Generator. John, thank you for the photograph of the panel. I still need to get one more MTH commander to install the second of the WD generators.
Thanks John, with only having 2 sidings I would probably only need one, correct?
Yep, just one.
@gunrunnerjohn posted:Yep, just one.
Should I shoot you an email for a price?
John,
How did that plastic material that you purchased for under the track work out?
Great thread, beautiful trackwork, great layout, however, what is a Watchdog Generator? That’s new to me. Thank you very much. Happy Railroading Everyone
@leapinlarry posted:Great thread, beautiful trackwork, great layout, however, what is a Watchdog Generator? That’s new to me.
Larry, check this Perpetual Barking Watchdog Thread.
@mike g. posted:Should I shoot you an email for a price?
Sure. 
@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:How did that plastic material that you purchased for under the track work out?
It's still in the box, but one of these days...
It was time to number the tracks so you can match them to the switch panel.
Do the numbers light up?
Hi John!- relatively new to the hobby & a big Gunrunner fan...Question: Do you do repairs & if so out of state ones? I`m up on Long Island and have some things on my repair wishlist...Please let me know...Thanks!- Sal V.
@DMASSO posted:Do the numbers light up?
Only with a flashlight. 
@gunrunnerjohn posted:Only with a flashlight.
That must be one of those new high-tech flashlights that not many can see. Good thing John knows where he put it down, right John?
Nice little stick on number labels. When I read about if they lit up or not, I knew it had to be no. Where would the wires be, through the wall you could say. Thing is where it is in the basement, don't think there would be access there, right John? Not without some demo first anyway.
You need a "train themed" switch plate. 
@Richie C. posted:You need a "train themed" switch plate.
I can't get rid of this one, my oldest daughter, now 48, made it for me in grade school! It's a family heirloom!
@gunrunnerjohn posted:I can't get rid of this one, my oldest daughter, now 48, made it for me in grade school! It's a family heirloom!
That’s funny, I actually thought this was model train related. We all experience bugs on our layout. Might as well blame the cat.
I guess it is "kinda" model train related. I just finished replacing a bum DZ-2500, and I now noticed that one of my siding toggle switches bit the dust and I have to open up that panel and replace the switch! Never a dull moment... 
Really like the numbers and the lights on the wall. The switchplate is priceless!
-Greg
@Tom Tee posted:...and the problem with that?
Just because you have one that big Tom, not all of us are so lucky!
Big?... There are no dimensions. The significance is in the layout floor plan to living space ratio.
A bachelors dream pad.
It reminds me of my last home where I lived as a liberated husband with trains running in every room of the home on both floors with holes through all the walls courtesy of a Milwaukee SawzAll.
I asked my wife what she thought of that floor plan, she said get rid of the kitchen and make the bath bigger and she would be okay with it.
WOW I hope you have enough shelves!
@mike g. posted:WOW I hope you have enough shelves!
Still looking for a place for more!
@gunrunnerjohn posted:I feel like an artist with a blank canvas, 216 feet of new Glenn Snyder shelving all ready to be populated! Time to start unpacking more stuff!
Looks great. Thanks for the tip about picking it up at York, I bet I saved a lot on shipping.
@gunrunnerjohn posted:Still looking for a place for more!
LOL Might just have to hang them from the celling
@TheRambles posted:Looks great. Thanks for the tip about picking it up at York, I bet I saved a lot on shipping.
Yep, my estimate was between $80 & $100 for shipping, it was two boxes about 80 pounds.
@mike g. posted:LOL Might just have to hang them from the celling
Don't laugh, if the ceiling was a bit higher that would be a realistic option. It still might work... 
OOPS! Should have had more shelf space! Running out long before all the boxes are unpacked! I'm running out of wall, what do I do now? I was hoping to be able to organize stuff better after I got it all out, but the getting it all out is the problem!
Time to make alterations with Mr. Sledgehammer!
Tom
I think the neighbor would be upset if I busted through that wall into their basement!
@gunrunnerjohn posted:OOPS! Should have had more shelf space! Running out long before all the boxes are unpacked! I'm running out of wall, what do I do now? I was hoping to be able to organize stuff better after I got it all out, but the getting it all out is the problem!
Time to raise the roof???
@Apples55 posted:Time to raise the roof???
I'm in the basement!
@gunrunnerjohn posted:I'm in the basement!
Underground bunker???😁
@B rad posted:Underground bunker???😁
Anyone have a jackhammer I can borrow?
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