UNION CITY PASSENGER DEPOT

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018



Label: A turn in time?
Just one more gotcha' to share. I am currently working on laying track on the module. I did some preliminary work with grade crossings as already mentioned. Next came turnout planning. All well and good. I did the layout. Checked my work. Then asked myself, “If the train can cross over to this siding, how does it get back on the track it came from?” No answer except, “It doesn't!” After rechecking, guess what? The planning engineer (me) had skipped a set of crossovers. Wow! This won't do. To compound the problem, a crossover to a parallel track that extends alongside both ways actually needs two turnouts. Boy is my face red. See what happens when you get in a hurry. Glad I caught this in time.  Until next week, omscaler