Post 24 9-27-2016 updated 3-27-2024
New Addition Track Plan and Active Track Diagram Control Panel
New Addition Track Plan
The New Addition track plan includes an extension of the original lay outs outside loop. The New Addition outside loop is incorporated with a double reversing dog bone and loop which allow reversing trains on this inner loop and on the outside loop of both train boards. A siding provides storage of trains and bypassing the double dog bone tracks. This New Addition train board initially has two accessories being a milk car unloading platform which gets lots of attention from young grand kids and operating ice skating pond. Later, a Lionel Icing Station will be added between the original and new addition train boards.
Video of Train Running the Dog Bone. A great switching operation. You can see the new back and forth Trolley on the bottom of video.
New Addition Active Track Diagram Control Panel
The New Addition has its own Lionel LW 125 watt transformer and own Active Track Diagram Control Panel with block switches for track sections, Marx switches and accessories. The New Addition can be run as a stand alone Layout. Its construction is similar to that of the Main Active Track Diagram Control Panel seen in Post 8, page 1 of this topic.
A selector switch on the panel allows the new addition “Orange” lighted LW to control the addition or lets the outside loop “Green” lighted LW transformer the whole Addition board. There is a selector switch on the main control panel that selects the “Green” LW to control the outer loop of the Main layout board and the “Red” LW to control inner loop of the Main layout board providing control by three engineers. The other position of the Main control panel selector switch allows the “Red’ LW transformer to control all the track on both Main layout board and New Addition layout board.
Picture above of the New Addition train board control panel with and active touch track plan diagram. This train board can be operated with the orange lighted LW to the right. This New Additional train board can be operated with the Green LW or with the Red LW located at the Main control panel.
New Addition Control Panel (20 in X 9 in) Mini Switch Inventory
(Key: Mini Push Buttons = PB, Slide Switches = SS
Active Track Plan Diagram
Turnout PB uncoupling PB Track sect SS
23 8 11
Side Switch Panels
Mini Push Buttons Slide Switches
7 7
One can see there is enough room for two operators at the left and that both control panels are close enough for one operator to work both control panels.
Picture Below of Orange LW New Addition Transformer and Control Panel Switches on left
TRANS selector switch to chose Orange or Green Transformer to control New Addition
Picture Below of right side of Control Panel switches Brown transformer is HO d/c transformer for Trolley on main street.
More details in later posts
Charlie
