02-15-2009, 11:47 AM
Hi Loren,
Sometimes I wish I'd designed my layout to be point to point with hidden staging at each end. You could have a train run in each direction if your staging yards at either end had just two tracks. Set up trains on the "East" and "West" end. Run the "East bound" and park it on the siding next to the "westbound". Then send the "West bound" out. Actually, with two staging sidings at each end you could run three trains across the layout. Once those tree trains were run you'd have to manually locate the locomotives to the front if each train for the next operating session.
Ralph
Sometimes I wish I'd designed my layout to be point to point with hidden staging at each end. You could have a train run in each direction if your staging yards at either end had just two tracks. Set up trains on the "East" and "West" end. Run the "East bound" and park it on the siding next to the "westbound". Then send the "West bound" out. Actually, with two staging sidings at each end you could run three trains across the layout. Once those tree trains were run you'd have to manually locate the locomotives to the front if each train for the next operating session.
Ralph