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Re: Switching yards that actually work
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Fri, 15 Nov 2002 07:50:53 GMT
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Now THIS is a very good switching yard (the 'to download' one).
Great 'extra' advantage: there are pairs of L en R switches, the way we
often have to buy these things!
I'm definitely going to build it these days.
Keep designing guys! I love this thread.
And Bill: it is indeed a realistic configuration... now we only need
realistic-bend switches from Lego (but that was another interesting
recent thread) :-)
Klaas
David Koudys wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, William R. Ward writes:
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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.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > 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
> > >
> > > 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
> >
> > 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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> Have a boo at my take on Bill's switching yard:
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> http://sparky.i989.net/layout.htm
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> I 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.
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> Both layouts are shown in the pic.
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> Anyway, have a boo and thanks for the inspiration, Bill!
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> Dave K.
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