Fatpack Control Set Version 002

Halt Control Pack
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If you have set up a nice track for your train, and maybe a couple of stations, you might want to be freed from always driving the train via the HUD and have it automatically stop at the stations and make announcements.

With these controls you can make your train stop, wait and announce things at the halts and either continue on its way or reverse out if it is a terminus. This is what the Halt and Bounce controls do.

Also as your train drives around your layout you may like to make an announcement to your passengers as you pass some point. This is done using the Speak control.

Finally you may like your train to blow its whistle at some point to warn of its presence, like in tunnels or crossings. This can be done with the Sound whistle control.

The Halt control pack contains four automatic controls for halt, bounce, speak and sound whistle.

Speed Controls Pack
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When you have arranged your layout and perhaps made it automatic using the Halt controls you may like to change or enforce speeds along various sections of the track if it is perhaps going through dangerous curves or pedestrian areas.

You may also like to open the throttle when you have a clearer section of line. With these Speed controls you can make your automatic train change speed or also limit how a driven loco behaves.

These controllers can set speed limits for 5 MPH, 10 MPH, 15MPH or 20 MPH. The top speed of a Valkyrie Transport loco is about 35-40 MPH so these controllers can be arranged such that the train ride slows down in more scenic areas and gives a nicer ride.

There are two different types of speed controller, one is for setting the speed on a simple type of track where the train only ever travels in one direction and the other is for two-way sections of track where you may need different speed settings depending which way the train is running.

For example you may have a hill where you want the train to climb slowly up but goes faster on the way down.

You may also want to set up speed limits in blocks along a two-way track. This is also possible with the second type.

Signals Control Pack
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When you have set up automatic controls for your trains to run around your layout you may want to control the signals to stop the trains and restart them automatically.

For example a train could be held at a station, while it awaits another train triggering a signal controller elsewhere. They can be triggered by all trains or named trains allowing for complex systems to be made to sequence trains.

The signals can also be triggered by the HALT and BOUNCE controllers . The signal pack contains a signal with a built in copy of the HALT controller.

These controls allow you to switch a named signal as a loco passes over them. There are also Signal Levers provided which can be set up in a signal box or by the lineside in a shed.

These levers can also operate points remotely. Also provided are signal indicators which reflect the state of a remote signal in the signal box.

Switch Control Pack
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When you have set up automatic controls for your trains to run around your layout you may want to switch the points automatically too.

For example setting a point correctly as you approach it from a turnout or deciding to send one loco one way and another the other.

These controls allow you to switch the points as a loco passes over them. This can enable complex systems to be set up so that all the points are operated automatically.

There are two types of controller one for normal points and the other for Y-Points