>The controller looks to have come from what I call a "cash register" type stand.

A variation on this stand had a sloping top where the switches are, and this is the one I most often heard referred to as a "cash register". The switches/CBs weren't in the same order as the older ones, and the printing was so small that one old head go so frustrated he called it a "F*****g piano".

>Railroading as a hobby might be fun, but as a profession can be a real @#$%& at times. Yesterday's venture was replacing a sand trap, only three more to go. And fix the seal on a standby heater circulating pump that is conveniently buried without a shutoff, and an upcoming 92 day. I've also got an SW I just ripped most of the low voltage control wiring out of. Adding full mu, GPS and a new remote control system. SOme of the air work is already done. Changing from 6N to 6FN not too bad, but adding the dual ported cutout plus tee off for the remote was a nightmare. You aren't required to be crazy to work on loco air or electrical, but it helps!

If it wasn't dark, cold, and raining while you did all this, you weren't having fun.