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This may be better: <br /> <br />When a train enters a yard , there are many routes it can go into the yard. As it travels one route, all the switches on that route are thrown, and none on other routes. On a layout, using Atlas components the switches on a particular route can be thrown using a separate control box for each switch. It would be easier if all the switches on a particular route could be thrown simultaneously from a single control box or other source. Lynn Westcott, in "How to wire your model railroad", talks about "tandem" or "cascade" operation of switches along a route in which throwing one switch activates all the others along that route. <br />Is there a way to use Atlas components to do this? I use a single Atlas control box to throw both switches on a crossover, where both switches on the crossover are wired to that control box. I suppose it would be possible to do the same for more than two switches, but there might be too much complexity for the individual control boxes to handle. <br />Does anyone know how this simultaneous switching could be done using Atlas components? Westcott describes ways to do it with non-Atlas components, but I want to stick with the Atlas components if possible. Thanks for any help you can give me!
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