What can I use to label switch tracks, sidings and spurs: must be high enough to be seen from the control panel about 25 feet away? Also, must be customizable.
I'm not sure why the same picture inserted twice, but you can see a few of my signs by enlarging the top picture
Thanks
I currently use home made signs on popsicle sticks. I suspect there’s a better solution.
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I faced the same challenge regarding IDs for the switches on my layout. I bought yellow "livestock ear tags" from the local Tractor Supply Company store, placed a transfer-type number on them, and mounted one at each switch with a small L-bracket. Perfect!
I shared the project as an article in THE LION ROARS magazine of the Lionel Collectors Club of America (LCCA).
Carry on, regardless ...
Mike Mottler LCCA 12394
Well, it sounds like you're asking for labels for identification and control of the right of way, rather than trying to model an actual prototype, so I'd think something pretty close to what you have been doing should be just fine.
By "customizable" I assume you mean that you just want to be able to print whatever number or code you've associated with the feature, and not a real-time changing display (like an animated billboard!). If so, an appropriate sign, in eye-catching colors and of a suitable size, can easily be printed on cardstock and trimmed to mount on a popsicle stick or equivalent (I've used coffee stirrers, dowels and balsa scale dimension lumber at various times).
It's for a different purpose, but most recently I used balsa sticks to hold up cardstock printouts of actual photographs of the prototype signage on a scratch built bridge project:
I also have used computer programs to create my own version of prototype signs, and print them out on cardstock:
Thanks all.
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