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Re: Roundy Roundy
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Date: 
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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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 (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)

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