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Here's my current trackplan...
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Here's the change I'm thinking of:
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The idea is this: Originally the outside track at the bottom of the graphic was just a siding, then grew longer, & now that it is complete through the bottom half of the loop, I'm thinking of it as more of a Main Line #2.
If I change the switches as indicated, (the one at mid left from a left, to a right, & the one at mid top from a left to a right, then clockwise direction trains automatically take the bottom outside main when reaching the 3 oclock position, while counterclockwise trains will stay on the bottom inside main when reaching the 9 oclock positions. Likewise, the siding at the top of the graphic would ensure automatic routing of trains (clockwise to the outside, counter-clockwise to the inner). I didn't make this change before because I was so used to using the sidings as parking spots that I didn't want to "lose" them. Now however, I have the three stub tracks shown to the lower left & the farthest outside 4 track runs to inside storage.
Thoughts?
Note: I've exagerated the curve in the track at top center... this curve is there on account of an existing tree. In actuality, the track would be straighter after the proposed change. There may also be a new crossover at the 7 to 8 oclock position (bottom left, allowing outside to inside crossovers), though with the proposed change, the need for that crossover is lessened.
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craig
Here's the change I'm thinking of:
The idea is this: Originally the outside track at the bottom of the graphic was just a siding, then grew longer, & now that it is complete through the bottom half of the loop, I'm thinking of it as more of a Main Line #2.
If I change the switches as indicated, (the one at mid left from a left, to a right, & the one at mid top from a left to a right, then clockwise direction trains automatically take the bottom outside main when reaching the 3 oclock position, while counterclockwise trains will stay on the bottom inside main when reaching the 9 oclock positions. Likewise, the siding at the top of the graphic would ensure automatic routing of trains (clockwise to the outside, counter-clockwise to the inner). I didn't make this change before because I was so used to using the sidings as parking spots that I didn't want to "lose" them. Now however, I have the three stub tracks shown to the lower left & the farthest outside 4 track runs to inside storage.
Thoughts?
Note: I've exagerated the curve in the track at top center... this curve is there on account of an existing tree. In actuality, the track would be straighter after the proposed change. There may also be a new crossover at the 7 to 8 oclock position (bottom left, allowing outside to inside crossovers), though with the proposed change, the need for that crossover is lessened.
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craig
" border=0> If memory serves, you used a constant voltage on the rails and it used a bunch of 24 volt relays. 
