Most of yesterday was spent installing this beauty.
Yes, you're right, it is probably overkill for a 'test track' but I did say we were doing this properly!
Himself spent the last week building one of his by now standard control panels which we also have on Dduallt and Bron Hebog.
This one features a colour-coded track layout (in Dymo tape) which shows isolating sections, and includes triple-pole section switches for 'cab control' on the main lines, simple switches for isolating sections in sidings, centre-spring switches for point control and push button route selection for the three-way points in the depots.
Two panel mount Gaugemaster controllers will be placed in the white space on either side in due course.
Wiring this lot up, however, could take some time, especially because it's being designed to be removable, which is complicating things a lot.
The narrow gauge circuit, when it's built, will be controlled from a smaller separate panel.
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