Photo tutorial of improving the electrical pickup on the newer Genesis locomotives from Athearn.  Also works for P2K, Atlas, Kato and others with this system.

I have been doing this for years now and it really helps improve the performance.

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I developed a recent interest in model railroading since a year ago. Bought some tracks and trains and got them running. Since I didn't have much space, I went for N scale Kato Unitrack to make my temporary layouts. Since I also had a casual interest in microcontrollers, especially the Arduino microcontrollers(since they were low-cost and open-source), I went ahead to automate a model railroad layout. 

There are many modelers who for various reasons, use DC throttles to control the locos and trains on their layouts. What if you could combine the simplicity of a DC throttle with the sophistication of JMRI control, signaling, sensors, and even WiFi throttles? Yup! WiFi throttles for DC train control! …and what if you could  put such layout control together for less than the cost of an old dual throttle power pack? Interested? Let’s see how it can be done!

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Follow the Amhurst Sponsor logo go to Accommodations get the hotel number and call them. They are aware of the phishing. They will give you the police number to report the call. They will not ask for your CC number. If you gave out CC number call your card provider.