Yard ladder with MT turnouts

mrrextreme May 5, 2019

  1. mrrextreme

    mrrextreme New Member

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    Has anyone made a yard ladder with Micro Trains integrated roadbed turnouts and track?
    Has anyone made a double-ended yard with Micro Trains integrated roadbed turnouts and track?
     
  2. SJ Z-man

    SJ Z-man TrainBoard Member

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    No, because they don't have crossing or complex crossings.
     
  3. mrrextreme

    mrrextreme New Member

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    Thank you.
     
  4. ztrack

    ztrack TrainBoard Supporter Advertiser

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    One item to note on the MTL turnouts. You can stair step then turnouts if you keep them as manual. When you add the clunky box to make them electronic turnouts, the geometry is off. You no longer can connect a turnout to a turnout without a space between them. This really limits the design if you want to do remote switching. I would look at using Rokuhan turnouts since they don't have that limitation. Plus they have other track options that MTL is missing.
     
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  5. mrrextreme

    mrrextreme New Member

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    Only plan to use 490mm radius. I really like the MT tie spacing. So I may have to live with the limited geometry and modify the MT track. Currently doing linear style Z modules. So I will see how that goes.

     
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  6. Kurt Moose

    Kurt Moose TrainBoard Member

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    That's a nice set up you have started!

    Keep us posted with your progress pics!(y)
     
  7. Garth-H

    Garth-H TrainBoard Supporter

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    Yes I have done it both ways when Micro track was the only answer since then have replaced it all with Rokuhan so have lots of turnouts and track surplus to my needs if you need more. I also learned how to make those turnouts power routing so I could turn off power in yard leads when parking engines or trains, by moving points even learned how to install LEDS so I could see at a glance whether yard lead had power or not.
     

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