Brickthus Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 I have motorized and ballasted the new rail crossover, as I posted on Lugnet.trains I also enabled the crossover to be set so that trains on both tracks will take the straight track in both directions. I am controlling the crossover with pneumatics in such a way that both ends of a diagonal track are switched together. Therefore the crossover requires only 2 pneumatic switches in order to be operated as it would be from a UK signal box. Only 8 plates below the track pieces are required in order to keep the mechanism out of sight and out of the way of large scale trains. The highest ballast is 1 stud height (1.6mm) above the rails. In my Brickshelf Folder I have included more pictures and instructions of how to make your crossover like this. PLMKWYT, Mark ============================================================ Mark J E Bellis 8mm scale LEGO Trains Quote
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