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the joy of continuse running
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One feature of a previous layout I had built was a two-track mainline, in a continuous loop, which was hidden for one half so that one only saw traffic moving in one direction. With this arrangement, I could place two mainline trains into "orbit", going in opposite directions, and use them to represent the dispatched traffic which my locals would need to stay clear of. Thus, I could operate the layout by myself, all five scale miles of it. <br /> <br />I'm now rebuilding this layout, and I've reduced the double track to single, and I'm adding stub-end staging to make the layout much more point-to-point, but I'm still going to include a continuous-run cutoff. Running around the very-long-loop is all that the kid inside me needs most of the time, and I can't imagine leaving this feature out. Indeed, I purchased a basic Unitrack loop at a recent train show, just so I'd have a loop on which to burn-in my new engines, and I can't tell you how many days that card table stayed set up in the middle of my bedroom with short trains circling! Yes, I play with trains.
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