--- In Z-Bend_Track@..., Don Fedjur <donfedjur@...> wrote:
The beauty of the Z-Bend configuration is a standard of which you can modularly hook up with your fellow railroader to create multiple configurations. You can cross, loop, spread out in any direction on any given module, as long as you connect back to the "connection standard". Now.........if you want to custom "pin" or connect say the middle section of a yard module, such as what is in the planning stages for 2011 NTS, as in no expansion tracks, you can do that too. Just that you are now confined to a module of your own making that is not interchangeable, read modular with any one of your fellow railroaders. That is the beauty of having a standard.
While doing your own thing, keep in mind if you do hook up to others your track radius and clearances, especially rock and tunnel portals. If you have configured your module to run your 0-6-0 in some tight radius', criss crossing the continent..........my Challenger is not gonna be happy.
Hopefully you are building something to join in the fun for NTS?
Don
Thanks Don and everyone else who responded.
Just realise I forgot to introduce myself, I'm usualy called Hey you or Andre by friends :) I'm in Netherlands (for the geographicly chalanged that is the litle country between england germany and belgium with the capital Amsterdam :) ) I'm mostly going to use modules for my home layout because I have limited abilety to leave it up permanently but won't rule out finding a club to join in a larger layout. My job is civil engeneering, at the moment airfield runways for the dutch airforce but have designed a number of railroad projects
Glad to hear the freedom includes the abilety to cross and interconnect including using adopter modules between the standard and other module interfaces.
Talking about interfaces as randy pointed out if you do cross then the incomming wires need to match up with the right outgoing wires as wel, but what about the custom wires? has anyone used those 4 wires for module in use signaling, like first wire: this module inner track used, second wire: next module inner track used, thirth wire: this module outer track used, firth wire next module outer track used?
ps. joining NTS? not sure I could afford the shipping :P
greetings, Andre
