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Points and Track


MattB

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I have started working on the trackwork on the top deck. I had already laid track 1 which is at the rear and added in the points ready for the rest of the trackwork on this deck. I have now extended track 2 to a loop and started work on track 3

 

The idea of this deck is for it not to be prototypical but to be more of a tail chaser with a heritage line bolted onto the front of it. That way I can run items that are of a different era (and my older Lima stock) and I hope the height difference will provide some separation between old and new. However I am installing signals and point motors here and generally trying things out that I haven't really done before. Im using Peco Code 100 track mostly streamline with the odd bit 

 

Fiddling around with the track layout on a fairly narrow short space basically meant I couldn't fit in niceties like catchpoints or headshunts due to the geometry. I have even got the link between the heritage line half down the loop when really it should be at one end.

 

Because its running older models on DC I had decided not to install too many points on the main running line (probably 3 each) to reduce stalling or derailments. Its about 700mm from the front of the layout and there is limited headroom above which makes re-railing quite difficult.

 

I spent the weekend in the loft laying track, installing wiring & electronics and getting it all to work.

 

I have one MERG CANMIO that will be driving 8 servo point motors, but have now bought the addon daughter board so I can power up a further 8. Its intended to eventually have at least 12 to 16 points on this side of the layout on the top deck. I successfully installed and tested 2 servo point motors on a crossover and have them programmed off one switch off the CANPAN TM7 board. The CANPAN is now in the main control panel and wiring has been very easy so far with only bus wires needed. 

 

I missed out several drop downs (what a numpty) so I had to take some track up and relay it as I solder my drop downs to the underside of the fishplates.

 

New wiring bus for the heritage railway that is connected to a Type E gaugemaster controller. Eventually the plan is to add an autoshuttle for this track which will be around 6m long.

 

Wiring is a bit untidy at present but want to get all the servos in place before tidying it all up

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