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New & need help with turn arounds. |
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By: aaronbrugg Date: October 18, 2021, 7:04 pm |
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So I am new to model trains. Have known a few people that have |
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had very nice setups and always loved to watch them run. Anyways |
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to the point. I have a O gauge train I am trying to set up a |
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specific was for the holidays. I essentially am going to have |
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long curve that I want to loop and double back at both ends. So |
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my idea is I will put a switch on the end, and I want it to loop |
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back into that same switch but going the other way. Then when it |
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gets to the other end, I will have the exact same setup thus |
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creating the constant loop. |
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My question is: I already have two of the O36 Manual Switches |
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-Left Hand, (one for each end) so if I am using an O31 curve, |
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what additional pieces will I need to complete the loop back |
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into the switch. I am also open to using an O36 curve however I |
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was trying to make the turn arounds take up as little space as |
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possible. But if the O36 would be significantly easier to do, |
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then I will sacrifice the 5" |
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If someone would kindly be able to post the additional pieces I |
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would need I would greatly appreciate it. Also feel free to let |
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me know if doing a O31 is a bad idea or not possible at all. |
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Thanks |
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Re: New & need help with turn arounds. |
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By: djacobsen Date: October 19, 2021, 7:18 am |
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aaronbrugg |
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Hello & Welcome to the Forum! |
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The track layout you want to do, l have always called a Dog |
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Bone, the similarities are obvious. |
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l suggest that you check out the SCARM layout software, by |
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Forum member 'Mixy', located in the Layout & Design sub-forum, |
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here on the site. |
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Plug in your numbers and let it do its' thing. |
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Hope this helps... |
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Happy Rails! |
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dave |
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Re: New & need help with turn arounds. |
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By: kars2026at10 Date: October 22, 2021, 8:59 pm |
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My layout is 027 tubular, but O gage can have the same problems. |
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Sometimes the track just will not match up and you may have to |
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cut a up a track and make a "special" piece of track to make |
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thing fit right and close a gap. You can use SCARM to make a a |
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dog bone layout. HAVE FUN! |
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