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Re: Railroad Dilemma
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Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:14:22 GMT
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Thanks, Ben. I am using Matt D. Bates excellent Track designer program
(I did it on AutoCad for a long time, without much success!), and I am
trying to see if I can get just a simple switch between the two lines so
that the current doesn't short anything out. Thanks for your
suggestions, believe, me, I will have lots of fun! :)
Scott Sanburn
Ben Fleskes wrote:
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> Scott,
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> A good question to ask. Assuming you will have two lines/loops, I recomend one
> controller on each loop, with a pair (or more) or switches connecting the two
> loops. With this sort of layout you can move your trains between loops easily.
> It takes a little practice to understand how the switches impact things. In
> summary:
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> 1) It's possible, and sometimes desirable, to control both loops with only one
> controller.
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> 2) Running both trains with two controllers may cause a short if you have your
> switches set wrong or running your trains in opposite directions.
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> 3) Have fun with it. Worst case, you short things out and everything shuts
> down until you find the fault. Note: I do not recommend leaving the layout in
> a short condition for any longer then necessary to find the short.
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> 4) When you get really good, you'll learn to switch your trains between loops
> without stopping anything and do it real time. Of course, this is a good
> source of train crashes to, so have fun with it.
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> Good Luck
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> Ben Fleskes
> PNLTC
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> Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> > Greetings All;
> >
> > I have torn down my current city and am resetting it up for both a
> > monorail line and two train lines. I want to have a passenger train one
> > as well as a freight line. I have bought 4 train sets, plus a few train
> > cars (4558,4559,4563,4565, etc.) I have two controllers, and I don't
> > really have any ideas on how to set them up. I have a few questions, and
> > I am sure the Lugnet Train guru's can help me:
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> > Can I have two controllers one one line, or not? I would like to have
> > the passenger & freight lines connect to some point, but I can't
> > remember if this is a no-no or not.
> >
> > Is it better to have one line, with one controller, or two different
> > ones with two controllers?
> >
> > If anyone has any insights, or suggestions, I would love to hear them!
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Scott Sanburn
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| (...) Track Designer will not detect shorts created by attaching more than one controller. It only detects shorts caused by reversing loops. However, that is a feature that I would eventually like to add to version 3, so that you can tell TD where (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Railroad Dilemma
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| Scott, A good question to ask. Assuming you will have two lines/loops, I recomend one controller on each loop, with a pair (or more) or switches connecting the two loops. With this sort of layout you can move your trains between loops easily. It (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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