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First off, the track plan to which I was referring. The sad thing is, I MEANT to include this in the first post. [:I] http://www.nmra.org/beginner/trk_pln2.gif Thank you all for your input. It all pretty much confirmed my initial thoughts that the "right hand rule" was just to keep things straight and consistent when wiring the layout. Thanks Randy for the clarification. It still seems to me that in the attached picture, there is a fundamental problem if you run it clockwise for the turnouts to be most maneuverable in that you would have to run backwards down the interchange track (bottom left). But, then again, on the further expansion that they offer, there is a wye added to the mix, which would allow you to "turn around" on the mainline that is connected to the interchange. Thanks again for clarifying that I can run my trains any darn way I want to. I didn't want to commit some sort of faux pas and have people scratch their heads when they saw my layout. Once again, the collective intelligence of the forum comes to the rescue. One other thing, Jetrock mentioned that many model railroads do not have a loop. I have seen those and I understand that, but for whatever reason, my mind does not do well with looking at, or analyzing the running of one. Perhaps a little more effort to understand them would clarify it for me, but there is just something about having the engine on the front, pulling the train that seems right. Probably pretty narrow-minded of me.[:D] And, finally, IronRooster, I agree with you and have swapped the wires many times to make sure that the switch is on the side of the direction of travel when the train is nearest me.
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