While I have the Atlas turntable and a swap meet version of the Peco turntable, I am thinking in terms of a Strictly Manual turntable. ?I've seen images where what looks like a wooden wheel is used to turn the turntable. ?This is for a smallish operational layout (roughly 7' x 11' u-shape). ?Does anyone have any experience with doing this and what are the challenges and pitfalls to be expected.
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While I have the turntable a little inboard of the edge of the layout as planned, I can probably adjust the location a bit if that will make doing the manual operations easier/more efficient, etc.
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And, please, I am not looking for 'better to go DCC' or 'just use indexing' advice. ?I really want to do it manually if I can. ?Just need to be able to align properly (index) and reverse polarity. ?Only three stall roundhouse, shoreline bridge route layout circa 1925 - 2-8-2 with tender, 9 40' cars and a wooden caboose would be a typical train - I believe in the philosophy that a train should fit the space and that is what works for me. ?N scale isn't just for broad curves and long trains.
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Thanks!
