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ME ladder track

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Sunday, December 13, 2020 7:16 PM

Never mind

    

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Posted by Moses45 on Sunday, December 13, 2020 7:01 PM

Thanks to all of you. If you look at C and D they are "Y" shaped. At the narrow end you just connect another. The other end is like a rail and a half wide but still has only two rail connectores which are way apart. What is the deal here? What do you connect to this? The tracks are not even paralell.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 6:50 PM

The ME instructions say the 5c should be the opposite hand from the first turnout.  A picture would have been worth 1000 words, but they were short on pictures.

 

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Posted by selector on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 12:45 PM

All of the 'through' routes should line up nicely, although in my case there will be a slight curve.  

You assemble them a, b, c, etc....in order.  When you assemble them in order, the diverging routes can lead to individual ladders, or to other turnouts that then split into ladders.

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ME ladder track
Posted by Moses45 on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 11:37 AM

This is 1st experience building a Microengineering ladder yard. I have all the parts but I am lost. Does anyone have a photo of 5b,c,d etc. Shot could show them assembled or just laid end to end. Also what is the diveging stub for? Some tracks have thru track , diverging track and a diverging stub.

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