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Parts ordered for option B

Well, whilst theres not much else going on i'm going to install a new siding which will allow for a couple more trains to run at the same time under automation (currently 4 run without issue or traffic jams but this will make is 5, possibly 6) Options A & B being considered are below, i'm favour...

Wow great Delorian and signal though I am most impressed with the bridge built from aluminium angle "just lying around" :salute: Sorry, The Red bridge was built by www.mvlbridges.co.uk - i built the rather less impressive non-painted, now burried, support structure underneath from the stu...

Then i made a video... why not!
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhEjptSWng[/video]

Hammered the supporting structure down level and sat bridge on top. IMG_20200328_1559186.jpg Filled with soil. IMG_20200328_1648405.jpg Added slate to match the rest (i thought about adding water / a pond for aprox 3 seconds) Added some LED solar batter lights for night time IMG_20200411_2027221.jpg

Decided i needed a bridge to support the bridge so built one from aluminium angle i had lying around.

Bridge was originally ordered at 1.5m long but i went up to 1.8 to fill the space a bit better.

Before: Track Removed: Original Ladder Rack Removed:

Level Crossing Lights: Using 2 x 1m lengths of waterproof LED strips from - https://hartingtonheath.com/product/i-lumos-15-x-25mm-pure-white-flexible-ip65-waterproof-neon-led-strip-light-12v-dc-14w-m/ I have previously used the cheaper sticky back strips around the outside of my house and it gave u...

FWLR wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:01 am Love to know more on the signal. Good to hear from you again.

Close up of the actuator and construction.

Pneumatic Signals: I built these as a bit of a test just to see if it would work... and it does! Train Controller (the computer software) detects the occupancy of a train on the bridge and sets the signal to danger accordingly. They are moved by a point actuator (air powered point motor) so the mec...

Delorean: Originally purchased from Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Welly-Future-Delorean-Machine-Scale/dp/B000Z45PEC/ Ground away some of the bodywork underneath with a dremel and fitted a couple of Piko wheel sets. Diecast metal bodied model so its heavy enough to stay on the rails. [video]http...

MRail wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:33 am Do you know, or can you measure, the physical dimensions of the battery pack?
It would be helpful.

Found it on Amazon also (although also unavailable)
8 x 7.5 x 2.2 cm
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ansmann-Li-Ion ... B072VLFQ4K

Aware it is two years later but to update on this with what i ended up using. The only thing i may do differently was use a larger capacity battery, i get around 30 mins of cleaning on this one before i have to charge. This would of involved putting the battery in a box car but if were doing regular...

Well its been some time since i posted here but a few updates have been carried out. Removed the greenhouse from the garden Added a bridge from http://www.mvlbridges.co.uk/ Added 2 x sidings down the side of the garage Added some red lights under the path crossing that automatically come on when a t...

I'm hoping this Is a quite straight forward job. I have an LGB 21670 track cleaning loco which currently runs on DCC. This is a bit of a catch 22 when the track is dirty and it's stalling all the way round because the track is dirty so hence the idea to convert it to battery power. Ideally with some...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 1:03 pm

stevenfitch wrote: ↑Wed Jun 13, 2018 12:58 pm DCC with Digitrax detection and TrainController from Freiwald in charge

I'll pretend I understand all that So basically, the answer is 'yes' ......

Rik

...yes!

ge_rik wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 8:43 pm Wow! That's some run. I assume you're using DCC with four trains on the go.

Rik

DCC with Digitrax detection and TrainController from Freiwald in charge

Southern188 wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 8:26 pm Nice to see a DCC system here, thanks for sharing. Looks like a lot of track to keep clean!

Michael

Tell me about it, currently looking into converting my LGB track cleanign loco to battery power

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 9:28 pm Is that a ride on model of a Land Rover in your garage?

My friends 'toylander' in for motor repairs

Update on this The running issues were sorted by turning off Back EMF on the decoder but then came back a few runs later. Eventual solution was to install two decoders (one for each bogie set) with the only link being the track power feeds joined. This has had it running fine for months now. IMG_201...