Whilst taking the passenger cars off the track, I am taking the opportunity to lube the wheels and pick up bearing points. Some spin quite freely, others not so much so hoping the oil will loosen them up.
Thanks to @Bill Webb decided to try out Tortoise machines to replace finicky DZ machines which will be in hard to reach locations. Since I really did not want to solder to the Tortoise board, Bill suggested using these (or similar) adapters. Of course not wanting to waste an opportunity, I also bought their (Touch Toggle) controller and green/red touch buttons. Cool thing about the buttons, they are made to mount under a paper printout of the layout area and in a glass picture frame. Running a finger over the LED light causes a voltage change switching the tortoise and the turnout. Now all I have to do is install the 6 Tortoise machines before moving on to the upper level of the layout. And then do the layout printout.
