On my old layout I had a shelf where it was and I could just set the Cab2 in it to charge. The new layout I plan to mostly run conventional or Lioncheif trains.
I was thinking of mounting under the layout, out of site and I can reach under there when I want to run my scale stuff.
Where do you mount yours?
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I have mine mounted on an angle on part of the layout, across from the control panel. You don't want to mount it vertically because the hand control unit could fall out when bumped. My old TMCC box sits right next to it and is wired to it.
Paul Fischer
I have a power distribution table with 3 shelves on casters that is at the end of the 8 x 12 layout. The legacy base in on the 2nd level and lays flat, right next to the TMCC base and all the power bricks. It is really nice to be able to move the power table away for access.
I'm designing a 16x36-inch slide-out shelf-tray at one end of my emerging L-shaped layout for mounting a power strip and most of the controls, including a Lionel Powerhouse, a Command Base, a Powermaster, and a recess for the CAB-1L. Small transformers for three trolley lines will be mounted there also. The shelf-tray must be stout -- in order to handle the weight of a Lionel 135-watt "brick" for the main line and three smaller MTH 75-watt "bricks" for the trolley lines.
I'll mount a series of terminal strips in a row at the "back side" of the shelf-tray for convenient access to the dressed-up wiring paths for troubleshoooting and possible future changes, allowing some slack in the wire harnesses to accommodate the movement of the shelf-tray. Operating accessory controllers will be mounted around the perimeter of the layout on the fascia trim and near the controlled devices.
I considered using Lionel SC-2 devices to control all ten switches on the layout instead of traditional switch controllers. However, I'm not a techno-guy, and I like the look and feel of the classic era switch controllers, which I used on a home layout when I was kid in the 1940s-50s with AF trains. Each to his/her own preference ...
The slide-out shelf can be pulled out from under the platform for operations and then pushed back out of the way when not in use. I opted for this method because the walk-around space at the layout is "tight," and a traditional control console wouldn't fit. Further, I prefer not to place control gear and exposed wire paths on the table tops.
Mike
(ritrainguy)
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