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Bob May
Jun 17, 2009, 5:41:32 PM6/17/09
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Best is to run the trains around the room. A trestle system isn't taht hard
as it can just be a horizontal door with two or more hinges on one side and
a V shaped receptor on the other side to align the ends of the tracks both
vertically and horizontally.
For the layout, three tracks in parallel so you can run the three trains
without having them hit each other and crossovers between the tracks so you
can switch them between tracks. A crossover is nothing more than a pair of
track switches that allows you to go between the tracks. I'd put in two
crossovers, one for each direction so you can run the trains either way.
That will be a total of 8 track switches.
Electrically, I'd have DPDT switches so you can, as you crossover, be able
to connect the two mainlines electrically together so the train will operate
through the crossover. Each of the crossovers will, of course, need to have
insulating railjointers so the power doesn't crossover from one track to the
other. The addition of a stopping section for the other train is a nicety
so that you don't have two trains on one power pack. A SPST will cut the
power nicely for that section and you want to put that switched section
where you can easily give the second train a lot of room to switch over.
Hope this helps!
as it can just be a horizontal door with two or more hinges on one side and
a V shaped receptor on the other side to align the ends of the tracks both
vertically and horizontally.
For the layout, three tracks in parallel so you can run the three trains
without having them hit each other and crossovers between the tracks so you
can switch them between tracks. A crossover is nothing more than a pair of
track switches that allows you to go between the tracks. I'd put in two
crossovers, one for each direction so you can run the trains either way.
That will be a total of 8 track switches.
Electrically, I'd have DPDT switches so you can, as you crossover, be able
to connect the two mainlines electrically together so the train will operate
through the crossover. Each of the crossovers will, of course, need to have
insulating railjointers so the power doesn't crossover from one track to the
other. The addition of a stopping section for the other train is a nicety
so that you don't have two trains on one power pack. A SPST will cut the
power nicely for that section and you want to put that switched section
where you can easily give the second train a lot of room to switch over.
Hope this helps!
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