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Not long ago, I saw a quote from a well-known Model Railroader, I believe it was Ron Kuykendall,to the effect that electrical turnout control, in general, was the hobby's "trashiest technology". <br />This is so true, the recent Peco thread is but one example, there are installation, operation, and maintenance problems with every single electrically controlled device ever invented for the purpose of throwing switchpoints...from the crudest and cheapest, to the most expensive. <br />It might not be a reach to suggest that if the other electrical, and electro-mechanical aspects of the hobby had one tenth of these problems, we may have no hobby at all by now. <br />There are sound reasons why so many hobbyists ( myself included), reverted to ground throws or manual push-pull throws years ago, and why so many start out with them now. <br />regards / Mike
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