tomikawaTT Unfortunately, my favorite prototype reverse loop is 1:1 scale hidden track. It wraps around the lower level of New York's Grand Central Station.
Unfortunately, my favorite prototype reverse loop is 1:1 scale hidden track. It wraps around the lower level of New York's Grand Central Station.
Doesn't Grand Central have loops on BOTH levels?
Dave
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steemtrayn[Doesn't Grand Central have loops on BOTH levels?
Well, not really. Run the mainline to the reverse loop switch, which is at least a junction, run the loop back to the switch, there is another junction with a whole mainline ahead to run. So, your time table has two additional junctions
Place a small station or industrial spur and, perhaps a short siding in the loop and the loop becomes a section of mainline itself. Pad the time table to allow for some switching and problem solved.
Anyway, that's what I do.
Topic is 15 years old. Some members may not even be on the forums anymore, or even alive.
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riogrande5761 Topic is 15 years old. Some members may not even be on the forums anymore, or even alive.
As I have often suggested, if you cannot resist the temptation to reply to a necro thread, why not just start a new thread and provide a link to the old thread?
But, now that I took the time to read through this old thread, one reply noted that reverse loops don't look good on a layout. Maybe so, but I have four "reversing sections" on my layout, and you cannot tell by simply looking at my layout.
My layout is a large and long folded dogbone that widens to a 4-track mainline in the center. I use four double slips to permit trains to change directions and cross over to any of the other three mainline tracks.
Rich
Alton Junction
Newbie? You talking to me? You talking to me?*
Here is a real surprise -- I haven't been a newbie in this hobby for 68 years. (August 21, 1955 - a Penn Line freight train set: I was hooked!) But, thank you, kinda makes me feel like old school meets Taylor Swift.
Couple of days ago I went to the Google and entered "model railroads with two reverse loops" and landed smack on this 14 year old post. I do have some ideas for 'Create a New Discussion Topic' See, us old dogs can learn new tricks!'
* Robert De Niro is a hoot!. He always takes me for a ride.
Here are a couple of snaps my abuilding train set.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53864629219_e364253c52_m.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53864686355_49eddfc617_m.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53864690525_c0954cf011_m.jpg
Poster only posted 13 years ago and has not posted since.
Newbie to the forum? Not the hobby.
It was obvious to me as soon as I opened it that this was an old thread, but it was like a step back in time seeing all the old names of the posters no longer here for whatever reason.
I wanted a way to turn my engines and I did not want a giant turntable to do it. The CPR roundhouse in Vancouver had a small TT and a balloon track around the the RH to turn the passenger trains, so I emulated that somewhat.
I can turn a Hudson on the TT but nothing larger. The 2-10-4s go around the balloon track which can also accommodate whole trains, though a larger passenger train gets turned in two or three sections.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BATMAN It was obvious to me as soon as I opened it that this was an old thread, but it was like a step back in time seeing all the old names of the posters no longer here for whatever reason. I wanted a way to turn my engines and I did not want a giant turntable to do it. The CPR roundhouse in Vancouver had a small TT and a balloon track around the the RH to turn the passenger trains, so I emulated that somewhat. I can turn a Hudson on the TT but nothing larger. The 2-10-4s go around the balloon track which can also accommodate whole trains, though a larger passenger train gets turned in two or three sections.
BillyJoeBob Newbie? You talking to me? You talking to me?* Here is a real surprise -- I haven't been a newbie in this hobby for 68 years. (August 21, 1955 - a Penn Line freight train set: I was hooked!) But, thank you, kinda makes me feel like old school meets Taylor Swift. Couple of days ago I went to the Google and entered "model railroads with two reverse loops" and landed smack on this 14 year old post. I do have some ideas for 'Create a New Discussion Topic' See, us old dogs can learn new tricks!' * Robert De Niro is a hoot!. He always takes me for a ride. Here are a couple of snaps my abuilding train set. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53864629219_e364253c52_m.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53864686355_49eddfc617_m.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53864690525_c0954cf011_m.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53864629219_e364253c52_m.jpg
Nice photos and welcome to the forum!
Are you really a taxi driver?
Thanks Rich
You can call me anything you wish. One question - just what is a Bickle?
Glad you caught the taxi driver reference and no, I am not.
Here is a replacement for the repeated image in my original post.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53870309954_bbbe82bb7c_m.jpg
I try to hide my reverse loops by making them longer than necessary, so trains don't always meet loco-to-caboose, and having them take a circuitous route, not a simple teardrop or crossover. This hides the loop and let's the operator decide the path which doesn't obviously come back on itself, although in fact, it does.
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