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hello , some of you know of me that im sight impaired and trying to get back to having a RR after 20 years gone from hobby. <br /> <br />im running N scale and do find i can rerail a car on test track and such so im going to try to build small simple layout . i am worried that the wires for switches <br />are going to plague me being so small . i can feel there are 3 of them in a triplex arrangement . can someone tell me about their placement ? i assume they are <br />pos neg and common ? is that right? even if i just end up with a loop with minimum wiring thats fine . i may have to sell all my auto switches and buy a few manuals?? dont know yet for sure. <br /> <br />second thing is i do have quite a bit of track thats been stored long long time.its nickle silver atlas . any thats in bad shape i wont use but how should i clean the good track before any kind of install? what do we clean our track with nowadays? i have some rail zap but not sur what its for yet <br /> <br />and lastly i was happy to find the topper tape method of track install but there <br />is something i have that im thinking of using and would like input for from you all. <br /> <br />the product is putty tape for window and door installs on campers m/h's <br />its 1/8 thick and 7/8 approx wide and sticky on both sides and adheres well <br />but can be removed. and easy to trim with razor.. im thinking the little track nails are way to small for me to install with this vision prob. and this putty tape might make things easier on me. <br /> <br />much thanks as always <br /> <br />
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