WOOHOO! Good weather = time to build

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And he asked me, "Do you know what the two most important conductors on your layout are?"

I thought for a minute, then figured it out, "The track?"

Clearly this fella had no idea what he was talking about. The Model Railroading Department of Redundancy Repartment for Model Railroading has a strong lobby with the hobby press and makes it very clear, while making it very clear, that there must be a bus wire (or several) with feeders dropped for every section of rail because rail joints, even soldered joints, alone are not enough.

Never mind what experience or logic teaches you, or the fact that someone's layout has worked without this additional wire for years, the official word stands for all time! Keep in mind these are the same folks who have repeatedly said that homasote will warp. (hint: it's not the homasote that warps - it's the plywood substrate!)

And now, back to the thread...

Galen