My future expiation of my train

[countsrr]

To be clear this is a master plan for my train set it will take me a year or so to build this, but I need help.

Question one can Bachmann EZ track be mated with code 100 atlas? This one way I have thought it would work, at the end of EZ track there is one rail joiner to go to the next one add a joiner to the opposite side 2 remove the connection piece that connect the 2EZ tracks normally  to make a flat end 3 add road bed up to the EZ track and connect the 2 together to go to atlas code 100.

Can this work?

The reason I would like to do a major expiation that in the middle that one of my dc power packs end on one side and the second begins to take over on the opposite side using plastic joiners to do this I don’t think EZ track can do this the train is in a finished section of my basement, I plan to elevate it off my table gradually up  to the top of the wall down and through it , then elevated off my rafters snake through to the other side to my new table and then back off to the other table through a second wall port down the same incline to my original table then the second one ends and my fist one takes over.

The reason for 2 power packs I can’t be in two rooms and run both there will be a third or fourth to run the trains on the tables this is one gigantic loop that service both towns.

[BigDaddy]

People have successfully joined EZ track to flex track.

After that, I am lost in the run on sentences.  I think you want to power 1/2 the track with one power pack in one room and the other 1/2 of the layout with another power pack in another room.

How does an engine cross over the insulated joiners unless both power packs are on?

If both power packs are on, and in separate rooms, you will lose control until you get to the next room. 

You could have a block system where a block can be controlled by either power pack A OR power back B.  That doesn't solve the line of sight problem, so you would ideally want to stop the train, move to the next room, switch power packs and then restart the train. 

 

 

[countsrr]

thanks, I was thinking that to stop it midway then start it up again here is my lay out.

My future expiation of my train by James COUNTS, on Flickr

a A clearer view of how I would do this 

 

To be clear this is a master plan for my train set it will take me a year or so to build this, but I need help.

Question one can Bachmann EZ track be mated with code 100 atlas? This one way I have thought it would work.

1At the end of EZ track there is one rail joiner to go to the next one adds a joiner to the opposite side .

2 remove the connection piece that connect the 2EZ tracks normally to make a flat end.

3 add road bed up to the EZ track and connect the 2 together to go to atlas code 100.

Can this work?

So big daddy said if I block this I got the idea from this page

http://mrr.trains.com/how-to/dcc-electrical/2014/06/how-to-wire-a-layout-for-two-train-operation

[ROBERT PETRICK]

BigDaddy

After that, I am lost in the run on sentences.

Hey Big Daddy,

You got farther than I did. I didn't make it to the run on sentences. I got stuck on expiation. 

Robert

[cowman]

Yes you can join the two differnet types of track, just be sure to shim the non E-Z track up or down to the same height as the E-Z track.

As for seperating your electrical sections, you can do it with the E-Z track just as easily as other track.  Just pull the metal rail joiner off and install two insulated joiners. 

It appears you are operating a DC layout.  I think you would be happier if you got an Atlas wiring book and set your layout up with several blocks.  By the sound you plan to  have two different power packs, one each side of your layout.  A train going from one to the other may jump or slow down unrealistically unless they are set very carefully.  By having several blocks you can still run two trains, independently of each other and be able to move smoothly between blocks by throwing switches.  This is the way layouts were run for years before the advent of DCC.

Good luck,

Richard

[SeeYou190]

Joining easy track to regular track is pretty easy. Just cut away the roadbed and ties about 1/2" from the end and attach the track using your favorite method.

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Joining Kato Unitrack is a bit more difficult because of the strange rail profile that Kato uses. This requires crimping, shims, and soldering.

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-Kevin

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