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    ARodH posted 29 Mar 2015 02:07
    Posted in Model Railways - General Discussions » Layout help

    Got talking to the Yanks. Their suggestions, nix the runaround, move the mill and siding, make the mill siding six hoppers long plus engine but only have three in there at time and keep the other three in a nearby siding.

    Going from this:

    to this:

    The process of doing this revealed that the couplers used in some Auscision products dislike magnetic uncoupling, I need to fit more uncoupler magnets in order to minimise the number of shunting moves, and that I really need to label or do something to how I control the points.
    I mean I put the bits together and I'm still getting confused on what switch controls what on the double slip.


    Yes, it makes sense to me.

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    Edited 03 Apr 2015 20:36, 6 years ago, edited by ARodH

    Got talking to the Yanks. Their suggestions, nix the runaround, move the mill and siding, make the mill siding six hoppers long plus engine but only have three in there at time and keep the other three in a nearby siding.

    Going from this:

    to this:

    The process of doing this revealed that the couplers used in some Auscision products dislike magnetic uncoupling, I need to fit more uncoupler magnets in order to minimise the number of shunting moves, and that I really need to label or do something to how I control the points.
    I mean I put the bits together and I'm still getting confused on what switch controls what on the double slip.

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