07-19-2012, 09:50 PM
Ian: Does the Duette have the reversing switch part of the speed control or is there a separate slide switch for direction? The slide switch would be a DPDT.
Does your unit that stalls have pickup from all wheels or does it pick up from one rail on one truck/bogie and the other rail on the other truck? If it does that, the unit could be stuck between the sections because it's trying to pickup from controller A and return to controller B.
The shunter probably picks up on all wheels so crosses the gap. It might cause a problem if you had one controller set for the opposite direction.
The best solution for your problem might be (well, it's how I do it) to have a selector switch on each block to connect it to either controller. Then you just put both blocks on controller A and run through. The selector switches would probably be a DPDT (double pole double throw) switch with a centre-off position.
If you want to have both locos on the layout at the same time, you will need some place to isolate one of them -- a siding or a piece of track with an on/off switch controlling it.
I haven't played with a Duette for several decades. I think that it has separate transformers for each controller, so your next option is common rail.
Does your unit that stalls have pickup from all wheels or does it pick up from one rail on one truck/bogie and the other rail on the other truck? If it does that, the unit could be stuck between the sections because it's trying to pickup from controller A and return to controller B.
The shunter probably picks up on all wheels so crosses the gap. It might cause a problem if you had one controller set for the opposite direction.
The best solution for your problem might be (well, it's how I do it) to have a selector switch on each block to connect it to either controller. Then you just put both blocks on controller A and run through. The selector switches would probably be a DPDT (double pole double throw) switch with a centre-off position.
If you want to have both locos on the layout at the same time, you will need some place to isolate one of them -- a siding or a piece of track with an on/off switch controlling it.
I haven't played with a Duette for several decades. I think that it has separate transformers for each controller, so your next option is common rail.
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.