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<p>[quote user="trafficdesign"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">richhotrain</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p>By the way, that recent diagram that you drew is not what Randy is suggesting.  He envisions two end loops that are gapped and isolated with no crossovers.  An AR-1 is placed inside each end loop to form a reverse loop.  Then the north and south mains, and the crossovers are wired in phase (i.e., red on top, blue on bottom, on both mains).</p> <p>Rich</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Unfortunately, that would not work for me as the whole idea was to turn a train from the south main that was going to be exiting the north main and having it exit instead on the south main - in effect changing its direction of travel. Also the idea was to be able to stage trains so that I could choose to have them exit this section on either the north or south mains.</p> <p>Another idea is to simply lock down the direction of travel eastbound (to the right) on the South Main and westbound (to the left) on the North Main and eliminate the hell of reverse loops from my life altogether</p> <p> </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p> </p> <p>You would still have the crossovers, but just the loops become the reversing section.  If you wire the track so that you have red/blue red/blue top to bottom the crossovers cease to be the point at which polarity switches.  The Loops are where the change occurs. </p> <p>Now that that is said I reccommend taking Rich's suggestion and disconnecting the south main electrically from the AR-1 and running a train on the north main as he previously suggested.  This will isolate the problem to a specific area. </p> <p>Troubleshooting can be soul crushing, but when you discover the problem it is very rewarding, and you learn something you didnt know before. </p>
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