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Re: Terminating a Line
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:44:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, David Lairson writes:
> > Could you clarify what you mean by terminate?
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> Sorry, I'm not really up on my railroad terminology. I think we are talking
> about the same thing. I would like a line comming from a turnout that ends
> without reconnecting to the main line. I would like to stack a series of
> turnouts (a ladder?), with lines on them (spurs?) So I could basically have
> a couple of lines of frieght stock, then depending on who the turnouts are
> set, I could back an engine down to a specific set of stock and then forward
> out of it. Also I would like to keep a small tending engine on one spur
> while backing an engine down another.
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> > 9V turnouts are power directing. If you build a ladder of turnouts, only the
> > route that is aligned gets power. All the others don't. So if you have
> > engines parked on multiple tracks of the ladder, none of them will go except
> > one, which is usually the desired behaviour.
> >
> > ++Lar
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> I think this answers my question... I think...
Thanks for the clarification, I think it does too. Your shunter won't be
powered unless you route the turnouts to it.
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| (...) Sorry, I'm not really up on my railroad terminology. I think we are talking about the same thing. I would like a line comming from a turnout that ends without reconnecting to the main line. I would like to stack a series of turnouts (a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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