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Re: Railroad Dilemma
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sat, 27 Feb 1999 02:37:29 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem(nomorespam).tulane.edu
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Cut is such an ugly word...a small piece of electrical tape will open
(disconnect) the circuit.  However, if the wheels are on opposite sides
of the
cut/tape then a short occurs again.  I think you need two cuts/tapes to
keep the
circuit open.

Chris

Simon Robinson wrote:

> On this topic, has anyone ever tried cutting a bit out of the metal
> in one of the rails (just on one side) to stop a reversing loop from
> causing a short?  I've been wondering about doing that, and wondering
> how difficult it is.
> 
> Simon
> http://www.SimonRobinson.com
> 
> > Track Designer will not detect shorts created by attaching more than one
> > controller. It only detects shorts caused by reversing loops.
> > 
> > However, that is a feature that I would eventually like to add to version 3,
> > so that you can tell TD where the controllers are attached, and which way the
> > points are switched and then it will show you in the electrical view, which
> > bits of track are controlled by which controller and whether or not a short
> > exists.
> > 
> > Matt



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  Re: Railroad Dilemma
 
To all, I finished the track design last night, (I will post some pictures on my webpage soon), and decided against doing both lines at the same time connected. I am willing to explore the possibility in the future, however. Now, for the monorail (...) (28 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Railroad Dilemma
 
On this topic, has anyone ever tried cutting a bit out of the metal in one of the rails (just on one side) to stop a reversing loop from causing a short? I've been wondering about doing that, and wondering how difficult it is. Simon (URL)Track (...) (28 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)

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