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  Re: Under Hanging Train Idea: v1 Concept design
 
(...) You would only be able to go through the points one direction since they need to be switched to the diverging track in order for the power to be transmitted from the diverging track to the straight track. Frank (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Under Hanging Train Idea: v1 Concept design
 
(...) Yep. (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Under Hanging Train Idea: v1 Concept design
 
(...) If you arranged it as a passing loop, with power to the passing track, you could have one of the switches straight depending on which way it was going. Possibly even work out an automatic control that switched them depending on the direction (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Under Hanging Train Idea: v1 Concept design
 
(...) And I just thought, doesn't power still get through to the straight track as the loco passes a "reversed" switch in the wrong direction and pushes the switching rail out of the way? I had an idea the switching of power was done with trickery (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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