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Re: Railroad Dilemma
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Wed, 24 Feb 1999 02:15:29 GMT
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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 takes a little practice to understand how the switches impact things. In
summary:
1) It's possible, and sometimes desirable, to control both loops with only one
controller.
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.
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.
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.
Good Luck
Ben Fleskes
PNLTC
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.
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> Is it better to have one line, with one controller, or two different
> ones with two controllers?
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> If anyone has any insights, or suggestions, I would love to hear them!
> Thanks!
>
> Scott Sanburn
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| 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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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