Photo 17 - A Thank You
sign.
Photo 18 - A Thank You
sign.
Photo 19 - A Thank You
sign.
Photo 20 - A Thank You
sign.
Photo 21 - A
request-for-donations sign.
Donations For
The Display
Loose Ties has received
many generous donations from both the public and
area businesses.
Some of these donations end up operating on the
display. The above signs are part of that
effort.
Donations To Be
Given Away As Prizes
In addition to seeking
donations to expand the display, Loose Ties also
seeks donations of train sets.
These train sets -- 4 of them in 2006 -- are
given to kids visiting the display. The winners
are selected by drawing raffle tickets at the
end of the last display day. Winners need not be
present to win.
Think about it: In
addition to operating this display, who calls
the winners, who solicits the train sets from
businesses, who prints all these signs . . .
more volunteers.
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Photo 22 - Another
donor-acknowledgment sign.
Photo 23 - Showing 3 of the 4
trains sets to be given away.
Photo 24 - Club President and
assistants drawing the tickets for the free train sets
(screen captured from the video)
Photo 25 - A closer view of the
Largescale "Automatic Yard", that automatically controls
3 trains. The train on the left has just pulled into the
yard and stopped. The train on the right has just started
up, and is leaving the yard. The 3rd train is always
about halfway around the loop, when this switching in the
yard occurs.
Photo 26 - A closer view of the
Automatic Yard control unit, which is constructed
using 2 standard LGB switch motors & relays, plus a
rheostat. Construction plans and a Quicktime video for
this yard can be found at www.AutoControls.org
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