The Randall Museum in San Francisco hosts a large HO-scale model model railroad. Created by the Golden Gate Model Railroad Club starting in 1961, the layout was donated to the Museum in 2015. Since then I have started automatizing trains running on the layout. I am also the model railroad maintainer. This blog describes various updates on the Randall project and I maintain a separate blog for all my electronics not directly related to Randall.
2024-08-09 - Branchline Block B870
Category RandallOn the Branchline, block B860 is the YouBet station, and block is a very loooong single block where the branchline loops behind the scenery in the back. With Orion, we added a toggle to be able to turn this part on and off easily:
This allows us to turn this off when we’re not using: if for some reason the Branchline automation train does not strop, I want it to end up “dead” on that spot rather than continue all the way back to the SIA or the Stockton Station.
