SMOKING TRAINThanks Rich, yours is the best advise yet. My layout is all Code 100, except for turn-out runs.
Smoking Train, if you can provide a track diagram for your expanded layout, there may be some other suggestions that we can make.
Can you post a track diagram?
Rich
Alton Junction
zstripe He didn't mention any track,he is using and don't have the DB crossover yet...He asked for suggestions..for one..He can use..Again need more info.. Cheers, Frank
He didn't mention any track,he is using and don't have the DB crossover yet...He asked for suggestions..for one..He can use..Again need more info..
Cheers,
Frank
Yeah, I agree, Frank.
With all due respect to the OP, some people just don't know how to use the forums to their benefit.
Not enough info, failure to follow up, insufficient info when following up, etc.
Waddya gonna do?
SMOKING TRAINMy layout is DCC and it is a parallel run. I don't know what brand of Double Crossover I will purchase. Do you have a suggestion. One reply said I needed a Insulfrog type.
If the tracks are parallel and there are no reversing sections that the double crossover will be part of, then the wiring is straight forward. Just be sure to add feeder wires to all four ends of the double crossover.
The Walthers Shinohara double crossover is DCC Friendly and will do quite fine. I have two of them on my layout.
Are you using Code 83 track?
Since they are parallel tracks, both powered in the same direction, the point is moot, especially in DCC, but my DC layout pretends to be DCC as far as power to the tracks are concerned.
The crossing that I spoke of above is a special case, all of the other crossings are on parallel tracks, and I do not bother with gaps or other issues, it is all the same GROUND on the LEFT rail and POWER on the RIGHT rail.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Trainman Barrett Keep all "A" Tracks A and "B" Tracks B. Wire frogs with auto reverse or get insulfrogs so they don't need wiring. I would think it's as simple as that? I'd also wire the tortoises/throw motors in pairs so when 1 throws, the corresponding one throws too. Hope that helps. TrainmanBarrett
Keep all "A" Tracks A and "B" Tracks B. Wire frogs with auto reverse or get insulfrogs so they don't need wiring. I would think it's as simple as that? I'd also wire the tortoises/throw motors in pairs so when 1 throws, the corresponding one throws too.
Hope that helps.
TrainmanBarrett
No. On the route of the LION it is more complicated than that.
One track is eastbound, and the other track is westbound. North of the crossover is a two track terminal, south of the crossover is the railroad. the track that goes out runs for 9 miles, yes, but then it is the same one coming back.
GROUND (-) is on the left or inside rails, and POWER (+) is on the right or outside rails.
The terminal tracks receive power from the mainline according to the alignment of the switches. Thus the crossing needs to be isolated and powered according to the route the train will take.
ACTUALLY, the LION cheated, him does not power the double crossover at all. 300' long subway trains with 48 wheel pickup are not all that fussy and so the entire crossing is unpowered.
WTH: LIRR has 600' power gaps in Penn Station.
Smoking Train,
PLEASE,,,read the thread,on Switch Wiring Problem's,in the Electronics and DCC,,,You will find your answers there,,,with diagrams,,,that is one reason,I revived the thread,,,,basically,for your benefit,also others,that have the same questions..There is a lot of conversation there,,,but the answers are there..
Anyway,,there is an in depth discussion,on this under,,Wiring Problem's,in the Forums..07,2013..
You should find this helpful..
cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/21927.aspx?sort=ASC&pi314=2
Edit; I did something wrong again,link won't work
What brand of double crossover is it?
Is your layout DC or DCC?
Tell us more about your track plan. Is the double crossover part of a reversing section or are both tracks matching polarity?