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Re: Track Question
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:55:00 GMT
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MPRATT@avoidspamCIX.CO.UK
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In article <G5LopF.9Fw@lugnet.com>,
lawrence@thewilkesfamily.freeserve.co.uk (lawrence wilkes) wrote:
> Do you mean having a passing line
> like this crude diagram, where there are two switches to allow a length
> of
> parallel track?
> ----<=====>-----
Yes I do !
> If so, you must remember to switch both switches to isolate one of the
> lines
> though if the parallel line is long enough to allow both trains to pass
> each
> other in motion, and you wanted to sit and actually play with it, a
> quick
> bit of switching would allow both trains to continue in motion as they
> pass
> by switching the switches one at a time.
I don't think you can do this with 12 volt though.
Michael Pratt
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 | | Re: Track Question
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| (...) To do it in 12v you need a 7860 (remote controlled stop). This allows you to cut off power to a section of track. Hook it up on the lane where you want the train to stop, and let the main line have the right of way (and continuous power). (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Michael Pratt" <mpratt@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:memo.2000121417...k.co.uk... (...) Do you mean having a passing line like this crude diagram, where there are two switches to allow a length of parallel track? ----<=====>----- If so, you (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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