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Re: Switching yards that actually work
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Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:54:28 GMT
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Sorry to disappoint you, but you can't connect switches like that.
There has to be 1 piece of track between the switches, try it in real
life, and wheep...
Klaas H. Meijaard
James Mathis wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward writes:
>
> > I've been dabbling with track designer, making switching yards. The
> > latest thread on diagonal track layouts has given me some more tricks
> > to get it to actually line up at the beginning and end with 8- or
> > 16-stud intervals.
> >
> > The following issues make it hard to design a reasonable switching
> > yard:
> > * Diagonal tracks are hard to line up
> > * ...Especially when a switch is used to produce the diagonal
> > * ...Especially when you want to make it possible to enter AND exit
> > the yard from the mainline...
> >
> > So here is the trick I figured out...
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>
> <snip the very good text-list description>
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> > Does this make sense to you? Any comments?
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>
> Bill,
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> You got me curious. I couldn't visualize the text description, so I built
> it up in Track Designer. Thanks for the very good construction description.
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> Here's what I ended up with following your description. I hope I got it
> correct.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jamathis/Trains/TrainsOther/TrainLayouts/WilliamWardSwchYard/ward_switchyard.gif
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> later,
> James Mathis
>
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Switching yards that actually work
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| (...) Agreed. I have tried it and the part that sticks out for the switch arm will overlap part of the track beside it. Unfortunate, but that's the facts. Keep trying though, and let us know how you make out. Play well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Switching yards that actually work
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| (...) Darn it! Well, it works great in track designer :-) I wish track designer had a way of pointing out that kind of issue. It's a bug!! But the good news is that 2 switches can be replaced by two straights and a switch, you can replace two of the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Switching yards that actually work
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| (...) <snip the very good text-list description> (...) Bill, You got me curious. I couldn't visualize the text description, so I built it up in Track Designer. Thanks for the very good construction description. Here's what I ended up with following (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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