H0 Scale - South Shore Line
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As far as the impossibly tight curve goes, that's probably my artistic liberties. The spacing of the track is definetly not to scale and thus the inside radius' are looking tighter than they actually are. I'm hoping that all of the curves are 18" or more, at least that's my goal. I'm pretty sure I can adjust the perimeter shape to accomodate that.
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In response to your earlier thoughts about whether to go DC or DCC my view is that it would be quite simple to wire this layout for DCC. In fact with the scissors crossing it may even be simpler than DC. Also you will only need one controller and there is no need to isolate any of the track with DCC. If I have got it right, the track is essentailly two loops and two sidings, which in DCC terms is very straight forward. You would just need to make sure that there is power going to all of the main running lines and have feeds going to the ends of each of the two sidings.
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You aren't going to believe this, but I woke up last night about 3:00 am thinking about what you said, and I do now agree with you that there is a mistake with the solid line on the right side of my layout. :oops: Got to go to Church this morning, but I will get it corrected and re-posted as soon as possible.
Thanks, :P
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Does this look more workable Bob :?:
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This layout basically goes around in a circle. The outer loop train can be sent into the inner loop on the left hand side. The inner loop I will probably just place a train on it going in the opposite direction as the outer loop. If I have to I can park the inner train in the siding at the left, and run the outer train in then back out again. I know there is not much engineer work on this design because that's not where I want to go with the modeling. My goal is to get the scenery as good as I can get it and watch the trains run.
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Wayne Williams said
Glad that diagram help you Bob, wish I could "See" what's going on! When I look out into my Train Room, I'm still looking outside. The last I heard from the construction crew they were waiting on permits from the county. Maybe I will take a few pictures of the construction once things get started and post them. I'm getting anxious to begin, but can't do a thing. I've been traveling around my area visiting Model Train stores (5 in all), and have enjoyed that. Ran two tanks of gas through the car doing it too.
I've been looking trains over at each store, I seem to like what I see of the Athearn line. Anyone have any comments concerning them?
Wayne
Athearn locos are good value but they are a little noisy. Atlas are well worth looking at as well.
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In answer….my local shop does have a track where I can test run the loco's, which I will now do. In fact when I do this I will have them test a few different brands at the same time just to hear the noise difference. Maybe I'll do that…………..OK maybe tomorrow :!: :!: :!:
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My local model shop seems to be pushing (maybe nudging is a better word) me towards the Athearn line. Will wait and see what the noise test produces though.
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My vote is for Atlas. To my mind they win hands down for quiet, silky-smooth performance and plenty of good detail. The Atlas Trainman series has less detail and a lower price tag, but the same drive mechanism. We have one Trainman RS36 and it runs superbly.
We have two Lifelike Proto 2000 locos here as well. They have very good detail - maybe a bit more plasticky here and there - smaller flywheels than Atlas, and a reputation for developing cracked gears [easily renewed]
They draw more current to start up, they stop more suddenly and they don't cope as well on inclines. Their pulling power is inferior to Atlas. They are every bit as quiet, however, and crawl almost as well. Still a good buy though, and slightly cheaper. They'd be my second choice. Many lines are now discontinued
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My layout is mostly hills, anywhere from 5 to 8 1/2 inches of uphill slope in about eight foot of travel. So, I really want an engine that can PULL :!: :!: :!: :!:
The detail is nice, but the PULL is better for what I'm looking for. Maybe I should have my local model shop set up a test of the three for pulling power :?: :?: Food for thought :wink:
Thanks guys for the advice :)
Wayne
PS: I like the quiet also, because there's someone else that lives here :roll:
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Now were getting somewhere :!: That's two votes for Atlas :!: I truly believe you guys above my local seller, (key word here is seller). Whatever they push is more than likely their highest profit margin also.
My layout is mostly hills, anywhere from 5 to 8 1/2 inches of uphill slope in about eight foot of travel. So, I really want an engine that can PULL :!: :!: :!: :!:
The detail is nice, but the PULL is better for what I'm looking for. Maybe I should have my local model shop set up a test of the three for pulling power :?: :?: Food for thought :wink:
Thanks guys for the advice :)
Wayne
PS: I like the quiet also, because there's someone else that lives here :roll:
I have 16 locos of various makes, I rate them in order as:
1. Atlas
2. Athearn
3. Lifelike and Bachmann
Atlas is way ahead of the others, if expense is not an issue Kato make very good locos also.
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