About the layout: - It is a temporary set-up I use to run my collection of old trains, nothing is screwed down. The rolling stock was made in the 1980s, the tooling is often older, so is the track system. - It is analogue, 16V AC - The locomotives are all analogue -> no motor regulation, no individual speed control - The speed is set centrally in a way that all trains can make the ramp to the elevated section. - Automation is done with relays, stopping is done by cutting power to isolated track sections - a small "Braking" effect before stopping sections is achieved with diodes, this is to avoid trains jumping signals -> things are going fast in places, the stop/departure behaviour is not realistic by today's standards. If I was interested in realism, I would collect something newer and would install scenery... The point here is to experience the models as one would have when they were new, using the functionality available at the time, with all the flaws it entails.
About the layout:
- It is a temporary set-up I use to run my collection of old trains, nothing is screwed down. The rolling stock was made in the 1980s, the tooling is often older, so is the track system.
- It is analogue, 16V AC
- The locomotives are all analogue -> no motor regulation, no individual speed control
- The speed is set centrally in a way that all trains can make the ramp to the elevated section.
- Automation is done with relays, stopping is done by cutting power to isolated track sections
- a small "Braking" effect before stopping sections is achieved with diodes, this is to avoid trains jumping signals
-> things are going fast in places, the stop/departure behaviour is not realistic by today's standards.
If I was interested in realism, I would collect something newer and would install scenery... The point here is to experience the models as one would have when they were new, using the functionality available at the time, with all the flaws it entails.
Fantastic view!
Many thanks!
Sehr schöne M-Gleis Anlage mit tollem Fahrbetrieb 👍🙋♂️ Gruß vom Michel
Thank you kindly. 🙏 You can see more of it on the main channel: www.youtube.com/@the3rdrail