05-04-2012, 08:56 PM
At the other end of the show was this:
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For those who don't know, Trix Twin was a multiple train control system using 3 rail track. The track base was plastic (Bakelite?) so the rails were all insulated from each other. A movable contact shoe allowed the loco to pickup from the centre rail and its choice of running rail. If you hung catenary, you could run 3 trains at once -- independently. I think it was AC pre-war and DC post.
The layout shown is a creation allowing the track configuration to be changed for every appearance.
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For those who don't know, Trix Twin was a multiple train control system using 3 rail track. The track base was plastic (Bakelite?) so the rails were all insulated from each other. A movable contact shoe allowed the loco to pickup from the centre rail and its choice of running rail. If you hung catenary, you could run 3 trains at once -- independently. I think it was AC pre-war and DC post.
The layout shown is a creation allowing the track configuration to be changed for every appearance.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.