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mikebate (22 posts)
Oct-05-01, 08:19 AM (EST) "Turn table" I appologise if this is just me being dense, but i have followed links to images of a turntable by jim steven, and i was wondering if this had been completed yet - or is there an alternative way of turning engines around.
any help appreciated
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Turn table DKlemm Oct-05-01 1 RE: Turn table mikebate Oct-08-01 2 RE: Turn table Bodgeous Oct-09-01 3 RE: Turn table mikebate Oct-10-01 4 RE: Turn table jkcooney Oct-10-01 5 RE: Turn table Bodgeous Oct-10-01 6 RE: Turn table jkcooney Oct-10-01 7

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DKlemm (492 posts)
Oct-05-01, 08:29 AM (EST) 1. "RE: Turn table" Right now the only way to turn engines around is with a wye.David Klemm
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mikebate (22 posts)
Oct-08-01, 08:53 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Turn table" Thanks,as i suspected but not as i hoped!
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Bodgeous (37 posts)
Oct-09-01, 07:31 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Turn table" Unfortunately, you can’t make the turntable turn, but you can give it the illusion of functionality and also provide the capability of actually using the storage tracks.
Rolling stock on the storage tracks


GP-38's move the crane


GP-38's cross the turntable to the empty track. All storage tracks are actually connected and active. They are bridged across the turntable pit with invisible track sections. The visible crossing section is also active.
See my September posts “Track Magic” and “More Track Magic” to see how to get these effects. You can actually drive across the turntable and place rolling stock on the storage tracks. Using the techniques described you could also make an invisible compact wye to turn engines around to complete the illusion.Bill
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mikebate (22 posts)
Oct-10-01, 03:32 AM (EST) 4. "RE: Turn table" Hi Bill,
Thanks for the idea, I was never any good at lateral thinking!
I have to say that this looks like and incredible way of solving the problem.
Once again, many thanks.
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jkcooney (513 posts)
Oct-10-01, 10:56 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Turn table" By invisible track do you mean simply lowering the track below the terrain surface or is there another way to conceal the fact that we are actually "cheating" a little???
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Bodgeous (37 posts)
Oct-10-01, 12:13 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Turn table" No, the track is not hidden by the terrain. It is actually made invisible.See http://www.train-sim.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/1516.html for more information on the technique used.Bill Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jkcooney (513 posts)
Oct-10-01, 06:07 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Turn table" Thanks Bill.....great techniques and finally a way to put that object to work...
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