09-03-2010, 07:18 AM
Well got an answer
pecos and bachmans do hook up `kinda'
(they do seem quite easy to pull apart tho unlike either peco/peco or bachman/bachman)
so the locos will be peco'ised.. (if thats a word)
I'm using unitrack apart from the mill where I am thinking flextrack will be used- because of a quite steep decline and turn on 2 lines- maybe
What I am thinking is having a `full train' (loco + 20 or more carriages) go into the mill full and come out `empty'
what will actually be happening is that the `full train' will take a dive to a lower level and disappear behind the mills `backdrop'- stopping every 2 carrages (magic electronics stuff)
at the same time a `empty' train will also take a dive down and around from a higher level to `come out' the other side of the sugar cane mill at the same level as the first went in- stopping and starting in unison with the `full train'- IE looking like the same train being emptied out of sight `inside' the mill
the electronics I can do easily, question is...
what would be the maximum turn/dive a 060 loco and 10ft long carriages could reliably do (on a downhill run)
could I expect minimal derailments with a 30cm wide mill
(not flash- but I hope this shows what I am talking about)
(imagine the X being s curves instead)
It's way above a 5% grade- but as it's downhill and not seen
anyone done anything similar?? thoughts on if it's a good idea/bad idea????
pecos and bachmans do hook up `kinda'
(they do seem quite easy to pull apart tho unlike either peco/peco or bachman/bachman)
so the locos will be peco'ised.. (if thats a word)
I'm using unitrack apart from the mill where I am thinking flextrack will be used- because of a quite steep decline and turn on 2 lines- maybe
What I am thinking is having a `full train' (loco + 20 or more carriages) go into the mill full and come out `empty'
what will actually be happening is that the `full train' will take a dive to a lower level and disappear behind the mills `backdrop'- stopping every 2 carrages (magic electronics stuff)
at the same time a `empty' train will also take a dive down and around from a higher level to `come out' the other side of the sugar cane mill at the same level as the first went in- stopping and starting in unison with the `full train'- IE looking like the same train being emptied out of sight `inside' the mill
the electronics I can do easily, question is...
what would be the maximum turn/dive a 060 loco and 10ft long carriages could reliably do (on a downhill run)
could I expect minimal derailments with a 30cm wide mill
(not flash- but I hope this shows what I am talking about)
(imagine the X being s curves instead)
It's way above a 5% grade- but as it's downhill and not seen
anyone done anything similar?? thoughts on if it's a good idea/bad idea????
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