Re: Train Show recap

["Steve Wise" <swise@aoot.com>]

> We need a Command Control for dummies book.  To run my CC trains I have to
> rely on the help of others, principally Scott and Adrian.  Just to go from
> command to conventional is difficult for me as an occasional user.  If we
had
> a simple chart available explaining how to go from one to another and that
> track one and four (I think) are different from two and
> three would be great.  It would also make operating for those in the know
> more enjoyable because they wouldn't constantly be called upon help the
> mentally electronically retarded.

We need to cheat-sheets that are poster-board sized:
    - how to toggle mainlines between conventional and command
    - how to apply power & address the sidings

> 3.  Make the yard manual.  Simple on an off toggle switches to turn power
on
> and off for each track.  Maybe one old transformer with no remote controls
> for all three tracks.  Perhaps even let the mainline power masters for
tracks
> two, three and four power their respective yard tracks.  I'm sure some of
you
> will find this a cardinal sin but it's no fun asking the same questions
over
> and over again.  The yard is super, please consider making it easier and
more
> usable for the masses.

Using the mainline track power defeats one purpose of the sidings:  to allow
another train to be setup on the siding while the mainline is in use.  If we
all do this, then we can keep trains running and not have 15 minute down
times.

But I agree it's too complicated.  We should probably just have a
transformer for each siding.