| 2/27/2025 | We have stopped production on N scale detectable (resistance) wheelsets. We have recently changed the way we "process" wheelsets in HO scale. We have found that this process does not yield satisfactory results with N scale wheelsets. |
| 3/18/2024 | We are now carrying a new supplier (Details+) of HO and N scale crossing signals. These are beautiful scale signals offered with and without gates. Navigate to "Products" on the top of our homepage and then click on "Signals" under the Product Categories list on the lefthand side. Then click on "Details+ (HO &N)". |
| 1/5/2024 | We have written an application note, available from our Documents page, which covers use of our LocoNet Fast Clock's event triggers feature to create time-based on/off control of our Light EFX-16 outputs. |
| 11/20/2023 | We have announced our second Layout Command Control (LCC) product - the Light EFX-16. It not only works with LCC but can be used with DCC too. For more information see the link under the New Product Announcements on the right edge of our homepage. |
| 8/8/2022 | We have announced our first Layout Command Control (LCC) product - the LCC Fast Clock. Like our other fast clock products this is available in two sizes. For more information click on Products -> Fast Clocks -> LCC. |
| 11/1/2021 | We now offer a Servo Motor Kit. Each kit contains all the hardware you need for a single gate (gate NOT included!). The kit includes the motor and "horns", a 3D printed mounting bracket we designed and print in house, and two different size actuating wires (in case your gates came without it). More information can be found on the Grade Crossing Pro page. Our Grade Crossing Pro/2 now has servo motor control (2 servos) and allows you to adjust the travel and speed. |
| 7/4/2021 | One of our favorite model railroad YouTube channels is BArailsystem. Ben is a fantastic modeler and has many great videos. Earlier this year we contacted him and offered to supply the electronics for one of his signature scenes (Banff Alberta, Canada) with a grade crossing. Check out his June 2021 Layout Update as well as the one titled "HO Work CP Three Knot Seven Nine West" to see the crossing in action. He did a great job modifying the crossing signals and gates too! |
| 6/25/2021 | Atlas has FINALLY started production on the HO scale searchlight signals formerly from BLMA. They've made minor tweaks but still look awesome! The first of the bunch is the dual head signal with relay cabinet. Click on the Products button at the top of our homepage then click on the Signals button on the far left then click on the Atlas button. |
| 2/26/2021 | We have made several adjustments to our "Miscellaneous" products. We have added a 12V DC 1 amp wall transformer (#WT12DC) and retired the 12V AC 1 amp wall transformer. We have changed the name of the extra IR component packages (BTR-IR1 -> EIR1, BTR-IR4 -> EIR4) which now include the appropriate resistor value for the 2nd generation of our products. If you need IR components for any of our original products just purchase these new part numbers and put in a note when you checkout from our online store that you're using them for the older products. We'll then include the needed resistors. |
| 10/12/2020 | We are pleased to launch the second generation of our Grade Crossing Pro. This new generation (Grade Crossing Pro/2) offers all of the features of the original product and adds some new features! More details can be found on the product page. Navigate to "Products" on the top of our homepage and then click on "Signal Circuits" under the Product Categories list on the lefthand side. |
| 9/13/2020 | We are excited to bring out the second generation of our Signal Animator and Block Animator products. This new generation (Signal Animator/2 and Block Animator/2) offers all of the features of the original products and adds some new features! More details can be found on the respective product pages. Navigate to "Products" on the top of our homepage and then click on "Signal Circuits" under the Product Categories list on the lefthand side. | 11/10/2017 | We are pleased to announce the addition of LED indicators to our CTC panel components category. We now offer a 3-color panel repeater signal, red, yellow and white block occupancy LEDs with chrome-painted bezels and green, yellow and red switch & signal indicators with chrome-painted bezels. Details on our CTC Panel Components page. |
| 1/23/2017 | We are no longer able to offer the #RS2POS 2-position rotary switch used for a CTC switch actuator. However, you can convert the #RS3POS 3-position rotary switch into a 2-position switch using the switch detent covers from Utah Pacific (Tomar). Details on our CTC Panel Components page. |
| 11/5/2016 | We are pleased to announce a new product, the Fusee Pro/M. The "M" stands for MOBILE. Check out the details, including a video, by clicking on Products then Signal Circuits then Fusee Pro/M. The Fusee Pro/M instructions can be found on our Documents page. |
| 9/04/2015 | We are now stocking BLMA's latest HO scale searchlight signals. These include dwarf signals and standard signals (single and dual head) without a relay cabinet base. |
| 4/06/2015 | We are now stocking Details West's HO scale 3-over-2 light signal (#SG-943). |
| 12/26/2014 | We are excited to announce our latest product, the Fusee Pro. For more information, including a video, click on Products then Signal Circuits then Fusee Pro. The Fusee Pro instructions can be found on our Documents page. With this new product introduction we have now retired the Fusee Animator. |
| 5/31/2013 | We have updated the instructions for the Grade Crossing Pro (both photocell and infrared versions) to reflect the latest recommended wiring scheme for ITT's bell module. You can download the GCP and GCP-IR instructions from our Documents page. |
| 3/18/2013 | We are now stocking Tomar's N scale searchlight signals (#N-872 single head and #N-872 dual head). We also carry their N scale dual head vertical signals. |
| 12/24/2012 | One of our Block Animator customers has produced a short video about the installation of this product and signals on his layout. For the link to this customer's video click on Products then Signal Circuits then Block Animator. He also maintains a blog where he provides more details about his installation experiences (look at the 11/18-25/2012 entries). |
| 9/14/2012 | We are pleased to announce our newest product, the Signal Tester (ST-1). For more information click on Products then Signal Circuits then Signal Tester. The ST-1 instructions can be found on our Documents page. |
| 7/12/2012 | We added an application note to our Documents page detailing how to use our Grade Crossing Pro to handle complex grade crossings where turnouts are involved. |
| 6/8/2012 | We added an application note to our Documents page detailing how to manually trigger our Grade Crossing Pro with a simple switch or with an external circuit. |
| 5/03/2012 | We are now stocking Tomar's HO dwarf searchlight signals (#H-875bl and #H-875sl). |
| 4/26/2012 | We added an application note to our Documents page detailing how to connect our Grade Crossing Pro to a Tam Valley Depot Singlet servo driver board. This allows you to use a servo motor to operate a crossing gate arm rather than a slow motion motor. |
| 3/31/2012 | We've retired our BlockMaster product after 15+ years in our line. It was a good product for us, and our customers, but it has been surpassed by other excellent, advanced signaling circuits in the marketplace. For example, Bruce Chubb's C/MRI. For our existing BlockMaster customers please rest assured that we are still providing technical support! |
| 1/15/2012 | We've been forced to significantly increase the prices on HO 28", N 33" and N 36" resistance wheelsets. This is due to a major increase in prices of "raw" wheelsets from NorthWest Short Line; they have also reduced their discount to dealers such as us. Our new price allows us a small profit but we can no longer offer those sizes to our dealers (i.e. we would have to increase our retail price even MORE). |
| 1/2/2012 | We're now carrying the dual head signals from Details West. Click on Signals and then Details West. We've also added an N scale Pennsy position light signal from NJ International. Click on Signals then NJ International. |
| 8/15/2011 | We've expanded the signals that we carry! We're now offering Tomar's N scale 2-light and 3-light signals. We're also excited to now offer the very fine HO signals produced by Details West. You'll find more information by clicking on Signals and then Details West. These are discounted 20% off the retail price. |
| 6/20/2011 | Tomar has had a 10% price increase on their signals. We're still offering a 20% discount on the retail price. |
| 2/23/2011 | We have added our third Product Spotlight video. This one features our Grade Crossing Pro with an improved feature we call TrueLamp2. This feature is available on the GCP and GCP-IR beginning with version 3.0 of the main chip. To view the video click on the Product Spotlight image on the righthand side of our home page. |
| 2/18/2011 | We have created an application note that illustrates how to use across-the-rail IR detection (instead of our standard between-the-rail method) with our Grade Crossing Pro, Block Animator, Signal Animator or Optical Detector. To download this application note click on the Documents button above and then look under the Infrared Application Notes section. |
| 4/21/2010 | We are now carrying the 3-light modern-style single head HO block signals made by BLMA Models. For more information click on the Products button above then Signals then BLMA. Like all signals we sell these are discounted 20%. |
| 1/1/2010 | We are now carrying NJ International's new searchlight signals. These great looking signals use a special tri-color LED for excellent color reproduction. For more information click on the Products button above then Signals then NJ International. As with the other signals we sell, these are discounted 20%. Control this new signal with our Block Animator, version BA-2, which can be used with ANY searchlight signal. Click on Products then Signal Circuits then Block Animator. |
| 11/29/2009 | We are now carrying the AWESOME new searchlight signals made by BLMA Models. The initial selection includes 3 different signals in HO (available NOW) and N (coming soon). For more information click on the Products button above then Signals then BLMA. As with the other signals we sell, we discount them 20%. We have also created a new version of our Block Animator, the BA-2, which can be used with ANY searchlight signal. Read more about it by clicking on Products then Signal Circuits then Block Animator. The BA-2 incorporates our "TrueLens2" feature. Click here to see a video. |
| 11/29/2009 | We are now carrying NJ International's N scale semaphore signals. |
| 9/2/2009 | We have added our second Product Spotlight video. This one features the Fusee Animator. Click on the Product Spotlight image on the righthand side of our home page. |
| 8/9/2009 | We have added an exciting new feature to our website: Product Spotlight videos. Our first video features the infrared version of our Optical Detector. Click on the Product Spotlight image on the righthand side of our home page. |
| 5/7/2009 | We've added IR upgrade kits for the Block Animator, Signal Animator and Grade Crossing Pro products. This allows you to upgrade an EXISTING photocell-based product to one that uses infrared detection. | 4/19/2009 | We are pleased to announce infrared detection versions of our Block Animator, Signal Animator and Grade Crossing Pro products! Note that these new versions are in ADDITION to our existing photocell-based products. |
| 4/15/2009 | We are pleased to announce our Optical Detector products (#OD-1, OD-1-IR). More information can be found on the OD-1 product page. Note that this will be the first, of several, products that will have an infrared detection version! | 4/09/2009 | We've made the decision to retire our SignalMaster product after 12+ years in our line. Although it has been a good product for us, and our customers, it has admittedly been surpassed by other excellent, advanced signaling circuits in the marketplace. For example, Bruce Chubb's C/MRI. For our existing SignalMaster customers please rest assured that we are still providing technical support! |
| 4/05/2009 | We've added a new area to the right hand side of our home page: New Product Announcements. This is where we'll notify our website visitors of any new products in our line. We are pleased to announce our 12V DC Power Source Regulator (#12VPSR). Click on the link at right to learn more about it! |
| 3/30/2009 | Ryan Andersen at the Model Railcast Show has been generous enough to set up a discussion forum for our company and related topics under his show forum site. Access the Model Railcast Show Forums at this link. Our forum is appropriately titled "Logic Rail Technologies" under the Sponsor Support category. |
| 3/24/2009 | We had the pleasure of participating in show #56 of the Model Railcast Show. You can link to their site and get directions on downloading the podcast from the banner/link on our homepage. |