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Re: Roundy Roundy
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:31:49 GMT
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A dogbone is good for giving an impression of a double track main line,
especially if you hide the loops at each end to a certain extent.
However what I was really wondering was whether the characteristic of Lego train
components effectivly precludes shunting/switching and or end to end layouts
because of the unreliability of the electrical pickup and slow speed control. (A
train that keeps moving fast is more likely to overrun any dead spots through
its momentum, but if it stops it may stop on a dead spot)
Obviously there are other factors, like a reliable uncoupling mechanism but I
still find it strange. In the model railroad world in the US there are a lot of
people who model an entire line, selectivly compressed, with the various
stations and yards along the way and run trains along the line.
Tim
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| (...) PWM systems can overcome part of the problem of slow speeds, using 2 motors does the rest. However the price of points, the fact that they can only be automated at high costs/effort and the fact that LEGO couplers aren't easy to automate (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Not having a good uncoupler out of the box is, I think, more of a deterrent than the electric contact part but that's certainly a factor too. But people DO create switching layouts... Rick Clark exhibited a timesaver (famous switching problem (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) There's been an argument going on about this on our own club site. My side of it was that if you want to model a specific length of line to your own satisfaction, then do it and forget about detailing the end loops. But, when it comes to a (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| In Europe a lot of EMUs, DMUs or push-pull (loco on one side, steering car on the other) trains are used, so without having to get the loco to the other side of the train the train can run in opposite direction (only the driver has to walk to the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Roundy Roundy
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| (...) This is a common question in the general model railroading hobby. Conventional wisdom is that unless you really like switching (or shunting if you speak UK english) a continuous track plan is the way to go except for the very largest layouts (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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