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| What is the general method of unloading spline cars as in this pic? (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: Yards
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| Frank Filz wrote: <frank's excellent description sniiped for space> Thanks for your insights... I might try to make a wye. I think we may be able to get around some of the polarity issues because we use DCC to run our layout. And as I stated in my (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| Thanks for the ideas, I should be able to incorporate a lead of at least five feet into the layout plan without two much difficulty. -chris (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
| | | | Mecanical Interlocking
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| Since reading some of the other peoples ideas (Thanks Dean!...I stole your track plan :) and so on, having been in the process of rebuilding the trackage on my layout anyway, I decided to make a signal box. The points are easy enough...first I have (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | Re: automating switching rails
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| (...) back (...) ;^) OK - I won't say it! Slam-o-rama, but it's not as bad as it sounds. The RCX ramps down the engine speed when it's backing down a siding, until it clicks on a car and bumps into a buffer that's got a touch sensor embedded within. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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