It is a common thing
To wrap oneself in pride…
Missing a message presented,
By casting common sense aside!
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A railroad modeller I admire
Had shown just what to do…
I would have caught what transpired,
If I had read things through.
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Feeders and jumpers mean little
To the general public’s mind…
But for model trains it means a lot,
How could I be so blind?
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A simple result: his DCC,
While mine is DC cab…
I thought using jumpers between tracks
As he did, wouldn’t be bad.
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I re-read the article again and again
And finally occurred to me…
I needed FEEDERS to power MY track,
No wonder my power was weak.
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So David, if you are list’ning,
I tried to do the right thing…
I have to rework my own mistakes
And remember to READ EVERYTHING!
–Jonathan Caswell
PLEASE NOTE: For anyone who wishes an excellent article on wiring model train layouts–assuming you read everything carefully—see a part of David Popp’s “Step by Step” Series, MODEL RAILROADER MAGAZINE, especially in the June, 2005 issue, pp. 36-40. He uses Digital Command Control to power his layout, and makes that clear that that wiring is different than for Direct Current cab control. More info. available at www.modelrailroader.com.
By the Mighty Mumford 