N / OO9 Two scales one gauge

Not the most interesting of views but very much “part of it”. 
 
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon wiring up two DPDT switches and a SP4T one. These should allow fully powered operation. 
 
A (very) small panel has been made for them whilst train control remains with two GM hand-held units sitting on the desk. 
 
There is at least one short somewhere but otherwise it does work as intended. Fixing the short might be as easy as swapping a couple of wires over. We’ll see. 

Hope it is nice and easy, Rick.

4 pole single throw, apparently. Not as I had it above 

I guessed that's what you meant anyway Rick 

Why is that, whatever you do, even a small amount of baseboard wiring looks like spaghetti gone mad (rhetorical question as mine is always just the same) 

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Ed said

I guessed that's what you meant anyway Rick 

Why is that, whatever you do, even a small amount of baseboard wiring looks like spaghetti gone mad (rhetorical question as mine is always just the same) 

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From “Post #293,151”, 7th February 2026, 12:07 pm

Because!

As this layout sits above the office desk and the wiring is tucked in behind the computer there's not a lot of working space.  But once I've tracked down that short (and hopefully it is only one not "fix-one-find-another") I'll tidy up in there.  

It was planned to be a simple DC layout.  And on the face of it, it is.  But the crossover requires the three switches for correct electrical operation and those, in turn, require 20 terminals to be soldered and wires going everywhere!  I I had the space for two simple crossovers formed of four points it might have been easier.  Alternatively I could add more complexity by isolating and switching the various sidings allowing more than one loco to be on the track at the same time.  Peco bless them have consolidated the track range on "Unifrog" points which they suggest are self-isolating if not switched.  They don't seem to work that way in practice.  

I've always loved tidy wiring - well done Rick.