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Re: A question about Insulation between tracks
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 13 Mar 2001 03:54:26 GMT
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Brian Williams <brian_williams@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:GA49y7.7C2@lugnet.com...
> The scenario you are proposing in indeed a problem. It happens commonly
> when using block control or reversing loops. A couple sugguestions:
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> 3. Both the above approaches require good awareness to avoid shorts which
> will inevitably occur. Another approach, if your prototype allows it, is • to
> make working overhead caternary which serves as ground and then make both
> rails the positive feed. You'll never have a short.
Of course, then you have the possibility of two trains having a head-on.....
ROSCO
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| (...) I'm not sure I agree. Can you take me through it? If I have two trains on the same block, they will go the same direction, whether they get power from catenary with return through both rails, or whether they get power just from the rails. If I (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| The scenario you are proposing in indeed a problem. It happens commonly when using block control or reversing loops. A couple sugguestions: 1. If you are using block control, then create shorter blocks and adopt a rule that no two trains can operate (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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