05-19-2009, 08:10 PM
On question 2: Turntable wiring varies with the turntable. I had a Fleishman one (N gauge) where the bridge tracks had little contacts at the ends that powered the tracks they were pointed at. I don't know how many others have this.
Most of the ones I've seen don't have any contact at all -- it's up to the modeller to wire the storage tracks. I use a rotary switch to power the tracks around my turntable but the bridge is always live if the block is selected. When I run the shed at Lostock Junction, there are about 20 toggle switches to power each of the tracks around and the bridge; some tracks have multiple sections. The toggles are mounted around the dial that selects the track for the TT to line up with and there are tracks at both ends (some barely large enough for a handcar!)
Most of the ones I've seen don't have any contact at all -- it's up to the modeller to wire the storage tracks. I use a rotary switch to power the tracks around my turntable but the bridge is always live if the block is selected. When I run the shed at Lostock Junction, there are about 20 toggle switches to power each of the tracks around and the bridge; some tracks have multiple sections. The toggles are mounted around the dial that selects the track for the TT to line up with and there are tracks at both ends (some barely large enough for a handcar!)
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.