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Re: Roundy Roundy
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:15:45 GMT
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Tim David wrote:
> 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.
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 (*anymore*) makes shunting quite difficult to realise.
If I had any room for a home layout it would most likely be a large open
oval perhaps with branching sideline. That's how my last h0 layout was too
and that worked quite well for me.
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