Aristo Reversing Unit-11091

[dwbeckett]

How reliable is it? How long must my end point be? I have read the instructions completly,but doe's my train stop or doe's it coast. I plan on one end to be blind cruve and don't need my wife's lady bug in the dirt four foot below the track.

thanks

Dave

[ttrigg]

Dave: I can answer some of your questions, I think. I don’t have the Aristo Reversing Unit-11091, what I have is the one by LGB. My answers are based upon what I did on my trolley line, which runs up/down hill at about 12%.

How long must my end point be? Long enough to park the train plus a few inches. In my case it is a single trolley car. If you are running an engine with a consist you will want to position the "isolator" section at the point you want the engine to stop. Then enough track to hold any and all cars that may have been pushed into the "isolated" section.

doe's my train stop or doe's it coast. It will most likely just stop, unless you have an accurate timer inside the unit. In my case, the trolley travels much slower going up hill, and the timer allows it to slow down just before reaching the "isolator" at the top of the run. Downhill run is much faster, gets to the bottom too fast for the timer and it wants to come to a dead stop. I installed a resistor before the isolator so that the car would slow down just before coming to a dead stop.

don't need my wife's lady bug in the dirt four foot below At the top of the run, I have about three inches of spare track and have not launched it streetcar into the pond (two and a half foot below). At the station at the bottom of the run, the track is connected to the mainline. That last 3-foot of track is controlled by a switch to select which power supply (with 4 split jaw isolators) is supplying the power to the rails (modified block switching). This allows me to run the streetcar around the system and then pull into the passenger station and enter the automated reversing block.

Again, this info is based on my using the LGB unit. If anyone else has Aristo experience then follow their suggestions.

[two tone]

Hi Dave, I use one of the units at one end you need enough track to back the train in and when the loco gets to the part that has a split rail the loco will stop. at the other end the loco will stop as soon as it hits the reverser so you only need about a foot of extra track at this end.    Hope this helps

[dwbeckett]

Thanks for the reply's  I will post some Pictures as I build The Ridge Line.

Dave

[dwbeckett]

AS promised Pictures::::::::

Rule #2 violation

Before, boring

During

Test run

OOOOP'S I cut toooooooo much

VIDIO Comming 11/17/08

 

[piercedan]

 The Aristo reverser does not have a soft start/stop.

 

I placed a 4 ohm resistor on a 1 foot track between the power feed and the diode section on both ends.

Much better start and stops now.