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Lionel 022 switch non-derailment feature: A wandering train?

Hey Guys,

My understanding is that all of the 022 switch tracks have the non-derailment feature.   I have 9 switches in my layout. 

Does this mean that assuming that the feature works properly on all of my switches, I could randomly set all of the switches to open or close, put a train on the tracks, turn up the throttle, and that my train would then wander all around the layout by itself, never derailing, and finding its own way in a unique path?

And, that when the train returns to the original starting point on the track, I could set the first switch it will encounter to the opposite of what it was on the original train run, and that the train would then wander around the layout again, creating another unique path?

If so, then that would be pretty cool to watch, almost like Artificial Intelligence.  I would never have to throw a switch control lever during the train run, and by just changing the setting on any given switch in the path, the train would always wander through a new pathway around the layout.

Mannyrock

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