02-10-2011, 07:19 PM
Very ingenious..!! A very informative and well explained article.. Kudos to you..!! 
Having been involved in R/C for nearly as long as I've been doing trains, I thoroughly enjoyed such a clever adaptation of R/C hardware to MRR'ing.
Just a word of caution...If the length of the control rod exceeds 12"- 14", or has a couple of bends to get from here to there, a support (or a couple) should be placed at a point about halfway along its length to eliminate the possibility of its flexing and not transferring the motion of the rotary switch to the switch machine.
Having been involved in R/C for nearly as long as I've been doing trains, I thoroughly enjoyed such a clever adaptation of R/C hardware to MRR'ing.
Just a word of caution...If the length of the control rod exceeds 12"- 14", or has a couple of bends to get from here to there, a support (or a couple) should be placed at a point about halfway along its length to eliminate the possibility of its flexing and not transferring the motion of the rotary switch to the switch machine.
Gus (LC&P).