No.131 Out of sight – perhaps, out of mind?
I was prompted by a recent question on RMweb to post a picture of the underside of my railway. The underside of the control panel to what started off as the ‘Main Terminus’ I have tried to make an effort with my track laying and ballasting to create a good impression above board. Platform detail at the ‘Main Junction’ However my aspirations for the view below ground never quite match up with the view above ground. A case of ‘All fur coat and no knickers’? Underneath the arches – the view beneath the ‘Main Junction’ My layouts have always been DC controlled, that is where the track is powered with nominally 12 volt Direct Current. My early layouts used H & M controllers of the Duette and Clipper variety where speed control was obtained by varying the track voltage using a variable wire wound rheostat. The present layout uses Gaugemaster Controllers where the DC current is pulsed at a constant voltage of around 14v DC. Speed control is achieved by varying the length ...