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The evolution of a Lionel control panel

By David Smith | September 9, 2015

| Last updated on February 11, 2021

From a transformer on a pool table to a complete, permanent layout

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Name:    David Smith
Forum User Name:    David Smith
Description:    Here is a video of that goes along with my “Building a Layout” and shows the control panel evolution from the beginning in 2006 to its final state in 2013.

4 thoughts on “The evolution of a Lionel control panel

  1. Was this to be helpful?
    By the way it would be good to have all the videos in the same format like Utube. My old computer can't display Quick time and flash player and barely keep up with mp4.

  2. Wiring can, and does, turn into a real mess no matter how good your intentions are at the beginning unless you take control of it from the get go. It's all about planning and neatness. I'm in the middle of rewiring and untangling our system at our club; at the present it looks a lot like what yours does, but we'll fix that and have the insides looking a nice as the outside…

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