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Re: Layout Ideas
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Thu, 13 Feb 2003 02:14:01 GMT
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If the tracks in the rail yard could be elevated by 2 bricks high we can use
a decoupling system from underneath and not have to be concerned so much
about how close the tracks are together. The only problem I have ran into
in figuring this out is that no engine will be able to pass the decoupling
point, thus there would have to be a switch engine at the other end to move
the cars to the coupling point.
In lugnet.org.us.indylug, Thomas Garrison writes:
> (2) and (2a) also speak to the question of coupling and decoupling.
> Basically, there's lots of fun stuff we could do with a train yard/cargo
> yard/roundhouse, with remote control by an operator, but it requires the
> ability to decouple cars and engines remotely. With the old layout, we
> had this neat roundhouse, but we couldn't really do much more than show
> off locos and run them into and out of the roundhouse; we could not, for
> example, switch the loco pulling a train (quite aside from logistical
> problems of having the roundhouse directly on a spur of our main loop)
> because there was no decoupling mechanism. I don't know how to automate
> this process, but the mechanism will have an impact on the layout. For
> example, in Jeramy's proposed layout there was this big rail yard, where
> the rails were very close together. This would require decouplers that
> came up from beneath the tracks (not enough room beside the tracks),
> requiring elevating the whole area (or sinking the table)---doable, but
> something to think about beforehand.
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| Correction to my last posting concerning the under track mounted decoupler system. With only a slight adjustment, (removal of a piece I didn't need) the system I designed for under track mounting is passable by all normal cars and motors and seems (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| I don't have a concrete layout, but I do have some ideas, specs, and issues, at least some of which need to be decided upon before we can decide on a layout. General Design Principles for the Layout: (1) The layout should be designed to consist of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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