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    DCC reversing loops —John Hill
   I am sure I saw someone writing about reversing loops but now I can't find it! Anyway, this is what I did this evening in about 10 minutes. I cut both rails of a straight track section being careful to get the cuts aligned then did another cut (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: DCC reversing loops —Dean Husby
     (...) I did a dual reversing loop for our club layout. You don't need to cut anything. You can do it all lego pure. (URL) picture will show how to connect that unconnected inner rail to the proper power. Use a standard track connector and then use a (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: DCC reversing loops —Dean Husby
      (...) Darn, I forgot to mention that to isolate the track take a sheet of paper. Standard photocopy paper works well. Cut it into quarter inch strips. Then place it between the track and you join it. Then use your nail and cut of the excess. Do this (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
     
          Re: DCC reversing loops —John Hill
      Dean, I am sure that is a very good system you have worked out there but for my part the need to do it all in Pure Lego somehow seemed less important once I had steeled myself to cut open those motors and install the decoders! Besides, I don't have (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: DCC reversing loops —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) more. Has this info moved? I'm getting 404s... thanks! (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: DCC reversing loops —Dean Husby
     (...) Hmmm... OH ya. Of course... That's on the VLC site and it moved due to ILTCO requirements... (URL) pretty busy this week, work and the big Trains Event for BC is this weekend. This will be the last display of what you guys are talking about (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
    
         Re: DCC reversing loops —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) 404s are so unfriendly! Even a generic custom 404 page saying to try replacing (URL) with (URL) might be good... you're already returning a custom 404 as it is, it's all fancy and purple and stuff. (...) Did. (I realise you're not just talking (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
    
         Re: DCC reversing loops —Dean Husby
     (...) The dir is our general VLC member dumping area. It's supposed to be for temporary stuff... But somehow it got linked in to a message. (Probably me not thinking.) That 404 is the standard for a RaQ server. TFM (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: DCC reversing loops —Mark Riley
   (...) it! Here, David Koudys made a post about this: (URL) Anyway, this is what I did this evening in about 10 minutes. I cut both rails (...) inches) (...) isolated. (...) used (...) track (...) than (...) of (...) lights (...) I tried this and 5cm (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
 

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