Page 60 - All Scale Rails Magazine Issue 3 July August 2015
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        The toggles are used to turn the power on and           main inner and outer lines.  They are able to
        off for the blocks.  All the switches are pow-          be plugged into any of the modules and run
        ered and connected to the Märklin switch box-           to the tracks.  Two eye bolts were placed un-
        es.                                                     derneath the framework of each module to
             DB25 connectors are used to plug the               accommodate this function.
        wires from the box into the module.  On the                  Micro Trains Line Co. flex track and rail
        large module, the power comes into the mod-             joiners were used on both end modules as
        ule through its Z Bend Track Standard wiring,           well as the uncoupler magnets located at the
        runs to the wood box and then back out to               ends of the blocks on the sidings.  The
        where it is needed.  The main power source              switches, crossover, telescoping track and
        for the entire layout is two MRC Railpower              nails all come from Märklin.  Itty Bitty Lines
        1370s.  These are the power source for the              (IBL) cork roadbed was used underneath the




























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