Maybe, but JMRI operations option is to run at least US model railroads in a prototypically realistic sequence of events.
So for matching infrastructure's realism's sake, it is worth noting that at least US real railroads do not normally use two separate turnouts as a crossover. Unlike individual turnouts, a crossover on double track spacing has full width timbering continuously through and between both frogs. That makes it immediately obvious on a model if that track configuration? has also been modeled realistically.
Andy
Ref. AAR engineering drawings
main raison d'etre is to On 11/29/2018 2:30 AM, Dave Roberts wrote:
I do think that we have ¡®lost the plot¡¯ in this discourse. The original posting was not about ¡®actuators¡¯ or how we control the turnouts but simply that where multiple turnouts are used then each turnout should have its own name and the ability to enter the ¡®Associated Turnouts¡¯ name in the Tool Bar of the Layout Editor when initially creating the design as well as the ability to do this using the Turnout Editor.
I read more into the use of the Blue connector than I should have which, in turn, opened the door to signalling these formations and that led onto the control of multiple turnouts.
Lots of useful info nevertheless!
Dave
- Dave
On 29 Nov 2018, at 09:33, George Warner via Groups.Io <geowar1@... <mailto:geowar1@...>> wrote:
Crossovers can have one to four turnout actuators (and I¡¯ve seen all combinations on real layouts) but only two actual useful states. There¡¯s little advantage to having any additoinal turnout actuators at different addresses. I¡¯ve only ever seen them all share the same address.
If your heart is set on using different address (for what ever reason you¡¯ve contrived) you could ¡°build your own¡± crossover using two left hand or two right hand (for single crossovers) or both and a level crossing (diamond) (for dual crossovers).
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