07-16-2022, 10:58 PM
Change of plans. I know I had decided to make the turnouts operate with the home made springs because I didn't think I had enough room for the caboose throws. I did a bit more thinking and figured out how to still use the Caboose throws by using them remotely. I had already done this when I re-laid my HOn3 branch a couple years ago:
I basically routered a trench in the plywood, big enough to run a piece of styrene tubing through. Inside is a wire attached to the turnout and throw. I'll have to do this a few times with the yard but I think it will be worth it.
This will be the longest remote, under two adjacent tracks but it shouldn't be too difficult. I'll have to engineer all of this before I lay the track.
Speaking of laying track:
I made over 250" of tie strips, ready to my laid down. I started with the larger city's yard but then also made some for the sawmill complex that's going in on the other side of the river.
I basically routered a trench in the plywood, big enough to run a piece of styrene tubing through. Inside is a wire attached to the turnout and throw. I'll have to do this a few times with the yard but I think it will be worth it.
This will be the longest remote, under two adjacent tracks but it shouldn't be too difficult. I'll have to engineer all of this before I lay the track.
Speaking of laying track:
I made over 250" of tie strips, ready to my laid down. I started with the larger city's yard but then also made some for the sawmill complex that's going in on the other side of the river.