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Re: Switching yards that actually work
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 15 Nov 2002 03:43:17 GMT
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greenman <klaas.mail@tref.nl> writes:
> 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.
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> > 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 your description. I hope I got it correct.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jamathis/Trains/TrainsOther/TrainLayouts/WilliamWardSwchYard/ward_switchyard.gif
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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...
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> Klaas H. Meijaard
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 through-tracks in the yard
with just one, adding a pair of straights on either side to center it.
James, you followed my instructions exactly right, by the way. I was
too lazy to put the pic on Brickshelf, sorry.
I don't know a lot about railroad practices - is this a reasonably
realistic configuration for a prototypical switching yard?
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| (...) Have a boo at my take on Bill's switching yard: (URL) did a TD from his instructions, as others here have, and then I modified it a bit so that the switches for the points are not overlapping the ties of adjacent tracks. Both layouts are shown (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Switching yards that actually work
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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