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by Dave Bodnar

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Mr. Rogers Trolley
Aristo Craft's Revolution Radio Control System
Reverse Loops & Wyes
Animation
Robot Trains in the Garden - A PICAXE controlled Train
Automatic Block Switch Controller
Your Trains can Accelerate and Decelerate Smoothly

Give Your Engines the Capacity to Ignore Ditry Track

Thermistors, the Magic Behind Smooth Acceleration
 

LED Related Articles:

Ditch Lights Article

Mars Light Article

Lighthouse Beacon

Morse Code Flasher
 

DCC

Automatic DCC Controller Project

Timers & Auto-Reversing

BARC - Excellent Auto-Reverse Unit

Timers for Model Railroad Applications
Part I

Timers for Model Railroad Applications
Part II


Dual Timer - Dual Relay

Sensors
Sound

MP3 Sound System - Flexible high, quality sound

Synthesized Train Sound Boards

Give Your Railroad a Voice Part II
 

Electronics (Miscellaneous)

Using Voltage Regulators to Supply 5 volts
Adding a "Crowbar" to Your Power Supply

Harbor Freight Volt Meter Modification
Using a Multimeter to Troubleshoot and Test Trains

Buildings & Miscellaneous

Foam for Buildings
Color Signs with a Monochrome Laser Printer!
Train Toter
A New Incline in Pittsburgh

An Unexamined Railroad Is Not Worth Running - Using an inexpensive pedometer to count "events" on your railroad
A Most Unusual Layout!

Lazy Susan Train