180. Tricks with Tortoises—Impress Your Friends

Tortoise switch machines are the most popular brand worldwide yet many users are not aware of their many uses other than throwing turnout points. In this video I’ll show you how I used Tortoises for 5 different projects on the Piedmont Southern and give you some tips for trying out these “tricks” on your model railroad. So let’s get started.

You can find Rob Paisley’s crossing gate controller and many other electronics projects at:
http://www.circuitous.ca/GradeCrossingWebFiles/AGC2011.html

Lighted pushbuttons are available in several colors from Mouser.com look for LP1-OA-1-A-G for the green ones I showed.

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