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BMLA Signals Help?

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 3:26 PM

Dannyboy6

Thanks Rich.

I have a single searchlight on the main and a dwarf on the siding. With normal traffic on the main the Searchlight should show green and the dwarf red.  When the tortoise switch is thrown, the searchlight on the main goes to red, and the dwarf goes to green. That's what I was trying to achieve.

Dan

 

That's what I thought.  So, a simple circuit with a DPDT toggle switch and Tortoise will do quite nicely.

Rich

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Posted by rrinker on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 4:29 PM

Just use Rich's circuit and put the red of the mainline in parallel with the green of the dwarf, and vice-versa.

                --Randy


Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's

 

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Posted by Dannyboy6 on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 9:06 PM

Many thanks Rich & Randy!

Dan

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