Hi all
I have been building a garden railway G gauge for a year and I am about to move on to Singling using 2 aspect colour light signals. I am looking for some suggestions and ideas on how to automate it. The Railway is used for Battery RC locos and Live Steam and has no track power ( I hate track cleaning )
The track is a single line with a loop at each end and a spur off one of the loops to a station area.
My aim is to break each loop in to 2 or 3 blocks (One loop is much larger than the other) and the single line between as a single bidirectional block.
My ideal outcome is that the remote drivers can follow the automated singling on the loop and the Station is manually signalled from a control box.
I have considered reed switches, Hall sensors and infrared detection but I am open to all ideas and feedback with either relays or a PI and or Arduino to do the logic.
Looking forward to ideas and suggestions?
Many thanks
James