doctorwayne It's almost difficult to believe that this thread is still on-going, although it's at least wandered a bit into some more interesting conversations. I'm still wondering, though, who the heck runs their trains in only one direction? A railroad goes somewhere, then comes back from that place, not circles around to the same place over and over again. Wayne
It's almost difficult to believe that this thread is still on-going, although it's at least wandered a bit into some more interesting conversations.
I'm still wondering, though, who the heck runs their trains in only one direction? A railroad goes somewhere, then comes back from that place, not circles around to the same place over and over again.
Wayne
A railroad runs in both directions, but as you know, a freight train never runs back on the same track pulling the exact same string of cars......
An oval with a reversing loop is the same thing as an oval without a reversing loop, unless you run passenger trains.
- Douglas
What about a monorail? Don’t they run in one direction and circle the same place over and over again?
maxmanWhat about a monorail? Don’t they run in one direction and circle the same place over and over again?
The only Monorails I have ridden are in Seattle and Walt Disney World Resort.
In Seattle, they go back and forth, at least on the route I rode.
In Walt Disney World, the original route goes in a loop from ther parking lot, to the Contemporary Hotel, to the Magic Kingdom, and then back to the parking lot.
Newer routes added in the resort can be loops or back and forth. All WDW monorail trains have control cabs at both ends.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
DoughlessA railroad runs in both directions
Yep. I was really happy when I finally put my balloon track in, as it made it really easy to get things running in both directions.
They had a balloon track around the roundhouse in Vancouver to turn'em around or it would be a dip in the Pacific.
Though my trains run both CW and CCW on the same lap.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
maxman What about a monorail? Don’t they run in one direction and circle the same place over and over again?
JAMES CRAFTI hadn't seen this topic before either,
Oh, yes, this topic has been going on for at least 50 years that I'm aware of. I remember going to a couple bars in my youth where the patrons would request the dancers to "get 'em going in both directions".