One reason to have each track
separately wired would be to prevent all the sound
equipped engines in the yard from starting up at the
same time when you power up!
Scott Haycock
Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantment
> On 06/21/2021 1:38 PM Steve Haas
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> >>>>> I have a 12-track staging
yard. . . . . . . .?? However, respecting the second bus
wire for each track back rail, is there anything that
prevents that wire being common to several/all of the
tracks?? I.e. could I wire, in the extreme, all 12 back
rails to one common bus feed?? I had already assumed I'd
run a wire for each track, but it occurs to me that that
may be excessive. <<<<
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> Nothing at all to prevent you from using a "common"
bus for the other rail on each of those tracks.
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> If you think about it, whether you install a second
"block" bus for that other rail or tie them all together
to a single block bus for the yard the logical flow of
electricity is the same.
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> I'd run that common "block" bus down the middle of
the yard, six tracks on one side, six tracks on the
other - will reduce the overall length of the individual
track feeders.
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> Best regards,
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> Steve
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> Steve Haas
> Snoqualmie, WA
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