Probably a good idea. I know of several forums that have moved and things seem to be going well.

Yahoo just let themselves get outdated.

 

On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 5:04 PM, bigboy@... [WiringForDCC] <WiringForDCC@...> wrote:

 

All,

 

As you may have heard from others, groups on Yahoo are having problems and are moving to Groups.io.  I will be moving the Wiring for DCC Q&A Forum as well.  I'm hoping to do this within the next month.

 

I am in the process of learning about groups on Groups.io and setting up the new Q&A forum.  It is my understanding that if you want to be a part of the Q&A forum, you won't have to do anything - your membership and Yahoo settings, like whether you receive individual emails or digests - will be transferred.  I also plan to notify you when the forum is moved and I will change the link in my website so that new people can find the forum.

 

Allan Gartner

Wiring For DCC

 

 

Thanks Don & Steve. I believe I understand each of your explanations but a short description of operations is in order.

This is a short reverse loop because it only leads to a small quarry where one or two cars would be loaded. Movement of the cars within the quarry is done with a small switcher. Cars would be delivered to/from the quarry from the mainline using mainline locos so they would cross the wye and enter the quarry, drop off/pick up the cars, then exit the quarry via the wye. It is also possible for the quarry switcher to move the cars to/from the quarry by crossing the wye and drop off/pick up on one of the mainline legs of the wye. So, one of my questions is: can you have an operating loco in the mainline reverse loop and at the same time have the quarry loco move across the wye to move cars? If not, then a solution is to never have the quarry switcher cross the wye but this limits my ability to move the switcher to somewhere else on the layout - the engine shed in town for instance.

Ed Robinson

On May 9, 2018, at 2:19 PM, Ed Robinson lehighman@... [WiringForDCC] <WiringForDCC@...> wrote:

 

Thanks Don & Steve. I believe I understand each of your explanations but a short description of operations is in order.

This is a short reverse loop because it only leads to a small quarry where one or two cars would be loaded. Movement of the cars within the quarry is done with a small switcher. Cars would be delivered to/from the quarry from the mainline using mainline locos so they would cross the wye and enter the quarry, drop off/pick up the cars, then exit the quarry via the wye. It is also possible for the quarry switcher to move the cars to/from the quarry by crossing the wye and drop off/pick up on one of the mainline legs of the wye. So, one of my questions is: can you have an operating loco in the mainline reverse loop and at the same time have the quarry loco move across the wye to move cars? If not, then a solution is to never have the quarry switcher cross the wye but this limits my ability to move the switcher to somewhere else on the layout - the engine shed in town for instance.

Ed Robinson

 

Hi folks:

Is there an easy way to wire a manual section for a reversing loop for right now, till I get the automatic board for it?  Ive got new engines and cars, but no place to run them and would like to get something working temporarily till I can purchase the automatic reverser

thanks

TIM 

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Tim 

San Luis and Rio Grande