Hi Everybody-- Last night I made an electrical cable to assist in connecting 022 switches to Lionel # 153 block signals for switch indication in addition to the actual switch controllers. I call them my 022_153 Patch ..... There are three colors each along with the black wire. The "ring connectors" go under the thumb nuts on the signals and switch motors..THREE black wires then are connected to cabling that runs over to central control where the Switch Controllers are mounted in a row.
When a particular switch controller is moved from Red to Green, the switch changes position and the Block Signal reflects the change.
Another circuit, using relays, I am starting to design are "Presets" ..
Instead of manually lining up a route to travel the layout and eventually send a train to our planned upper level, you would depress a Preset button which would active a number of relays to operate switches and line up a route. You might say it is my version of the GRS "NX" concept on the prototype operations.
Check out my photo. Cheers.
KRK
