Model Railway Reversing Loop Explained - Manual Operation
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Following a comment on one of my previous videos I made this basic introduction to reversing loops. This video covers a manually operated reversing loop scenario and a practical demonstration.
Australian T Trak website
sites.google.com/view/austral...
T Trak, Ntrak website
www.ntrak.org
Kato Unitrack website
www.unitrack-kato.com/ - Авто та транспорт
Nice clear explanation with graphics that make it so easy follow. Great job, thanks.
Thanks for watching Mark
Thank you John. That's the kind of stuff I can understand (I'm not an electrician), but you made the process easy to follow. This is a must for anyone venturing into loop building. Cheers, Brian
Thankyou Brian, I'm glad it's easy to understand, I spent quite a bit of time trying to get it right!
Outstanding!!! Very patiently and thoroughly explained!
Glad you found it helpful Mark
Your style and the quality of your videos is really great. I look forward to watching all of them soon.
Another excellent explanation - gives me the confidence to try to build a reversing loop which is such a great feature on any layout (didn’t dare before!); so thanks for sharing.
Thanks Alex, glad you got something out of it, good luck when you give it a go! John
Great explanation John! The practical demonstration made it very easy to follow! All the best, Ian.
Thankyou Ian
Best video i have seen on this subject.
I have a similar problem on mine and that really helped me a lot to understand how it works.
Many thanks John.
All the best
Duncan.
Thanks very much Duncan for the comments. Glad to know it helped you out. John
Great video! Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Good job! 👏 Thanks for the tutorial and making this clear. I can see where a reversing loop is good for secondary spurs and operations, definitely be a hindrance on a main though…
Cheers, thanks for watching!
"Your turning Japanese, I really think so" 😱🤣🤣🤣🤣 Very nice train 😍 As always a very well laid out and explained tutorial 👏👏👏👏 I 'm sure you could rig up a signal to the mechanism and make it like something the "big railway" does such as single line token exchange 🤔 Very best wishes to the Upside-down from the over the hill ☘️
🤣🤣 Yes indeed!, was always fascinated by the Kato models and how they are priced so decided to see what they are like. They are very nicely built. The signals idea is interesting, hmm has me wondering now might have to have a bit of a tinker! Cheers and best regards.
Excellent walk-through and how-to, John! Brilliant as always! Hope you have been well!
Thanks very much Anthony, all is well here. Haven't had much time for watching YT recently don't know where to start, too much out there!! Regards and all the best.
That is the best example I have ever seen
Thanks very much, glad it helped
The best explanation yet ,thanks mate I will try it 👍
Thank you very much!
Great explanation. Very helpful. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Thakyou very much Dave.
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Informative knowledge.
Great upload friend 👍👍👍
Thankyou Mr Science!
Just seen your video Great explaination
Thanks, I'm glad you found it helpful !
Nice video. 😃
Thanks Daniel
Hi John, appreciate the overall Reversing Loop plan. Can you elaborate on the wiring of the LED's please including rail hook up and resistor placement as I am unable to interpret this.
Hi Graeme,
The LEDs indicate which rail is the positive side.
The Anode of the LED (longer lead) is connected to one rail.
The Cathode of the LED (shorter lead) is then connected to a 680 ohm resistor.
The other end of the resistor is then connected to the other rail.
This is the same for all of the LEDs in the demo.
You can't see the resistors because I mounted them underneath the track.
Hope this helps. Cheers. John
@@wimbletrain Thanks John, very straight forward response. If updating your video you might include this detail or add a schematic. You have helped with an issue which isn't easily addressed as more people just go down the DCC path.
good vid thanks lee
Cheers Lee thanks for watching
Good explanation. Well I won't be using a reversing loop. I like to sit back & watch the train run.
Hi and thanks. That's just the basic way it works, you can buy devices that automate the reversing loop so the train can run continuously.
Nice!
Thankyou Mark
Fun!
Thanks for watching!
Great video John. I understand how it works better now. Aren't there gadgets that do it automatically?
Hi John, yes there are. Personally, I like to know the basics (that's just me and my tinkering ways!) before diving in to more advanced gadgetry! Also it provides a cheaper alternative if you are on a tight budget. I have no plans myself to include one on my layout it's just someone commented on a previous video asking about the reversing loop. Cheers and all the best.
Can you attach a relais, so when the train hits the reed contact, the relais switches polarity and sense of march?
Hi, you can buy ready made reversing loop modules online, which will do the job for you. Just do a search on the internet
Hi John, very well explained mate, even I understood it, i think…🤔😂
There will be I’m hoping a reverse loop on Exehaven if I can get down to the lower level although I will buy a reverse loop module.
Thanks for the demo, always interesting , cheers for now, John
LOL John, I must be doing something right if you got it! 🤣🤣. I like to start off with basic explanations on how things work just to understand it. Automating this is is a whole new world and I'll let you explain that when you get it going! 🙂 Regards and all the best from oz
Of course taking it to the next level, you can throw the reverse loop and controller direction switches at exactly the same time while the train is still moving. Just don't forget the turnout if it's not a trailable one. ;-)
Yes absolutely, I did give it a go at the end of the video and you gotta get your timing right!!
@@wimbletrain and so you did. Well that's weird. The video stopped before that last bit when I watched the first time. and I had thought that was the end. lol!
That's very helpful, particularly if the loop is 'hidden' inside hillside scenery with a tunnel entrance..
Operating a return loupe with dual pwr packs. Can it be done?
Hi, I guess it would be possible you would have to connect a toggle switch or similar to switch between the two powerpacks.
Laughs in superior German 3 rail
Thanks for watching