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| | | Hi all, I'm currently working on making a train layout again since a very long time. (From the preliminary sketches it's already been decided I'm going to clear out my attic to make room ;) ) I am aiming for something a bit more interesting than (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: reverse loops & block control —John Hill
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| | | | | Hi Esger. I am sure some folks would recommend DCC for a newly laid out complex network but as far as I can see this is almost impossible with the 12v system due to the problem of opening the motors and fitting the decoder inside. I have played (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: reverse loops & block control —Horst Lehner
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| | | | | | Hello John, hello everybody, (...) And for sure it can be used for block control. The whole idea of block control is that you can have more than one train running on a single track without having them ever crash. As the name block control suggests, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: reverse loops & block control —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | (...) There are various block control systems, originally designed for model railroaders that do NOT require alterations to the motor blocks. I have a huge article here about one such system, designed for a dutch modelrailroad magazine called (...) (22 years ago, 7-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: reverse loops & block control —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | (...) Since I had a few enquiries about the system, I scanned the pages and put them up on my webserver (URL) in dutch but the electronic freaks among you should be able to understand it. -- Jan-Albert "Anvil" van Ree | (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains)
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