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Reverse loop
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:28 AM
What is required to wire a reverse loop of track in 3 rail? Any different with TMCC?

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Posted by tcripe on Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:01 AM
One of the joys of 3-rail: you need to do nothing as far as the wiring goes, running either conventional or TMCC. The power is always running through the middle rail so there are no polarity switching issues at all.
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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:43 AM
My layout has two reverse loops, one at each end. Nothing special, just good reliable switches. For TMCC make sure you wire your positvie and negatives correctly as described in the instruction books for TMCC.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 12, 2006 8:15 AM
Thanks - I thought that was the case. I am coming from the 2-rail N-scale world - so things are different. My eyes aren't what they used to be and now there is a grandson to play with too - so I think 3-rail is a better choice.

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