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rgarber (1227 posts)
Jan-14-02, 11:18 PM (EST) "A easy smaller wye" Here's a pic of a wye within a wye. The wye pictured fits into the 7 left/right turnie whatever you call them things. I created this trying to do a dispatcher track for track building.Hope this is explanatory enough.Rich Garber Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: A easy smaller wye NickF Jan-15-02 1 RE: A easy smaller wye chp56 Jan-15-02 2 RE: A easy smaller wye NickF Jan-15-02 3 RE: A easy smaller wye rgarber Jan-15-02 4 RE: A easy smaller wye LawrenceKellie Jan-15-02 5 RE: A easy smaller wye OkrasaGhia Jan-16-02 6 RE: A easy smaller wye rgarber Jan-18-02 8 RE: A easy smaller wye roycru Jan-28-02 10 RE: A easy smaller wye LawrenceKellie Jan-17-02 7 RE: A easy smaller wye SR1950 Jan-27-02 9 RE: A easy smaller wye SR1950 Jan-28-02 11 RE: A easy smaller wye Jitny Jan-29-02 12 RE: A easy smaller wye SR1950 Feb-17-02 13 RE: A easy smaller wye patm41 Feb-17-02 14 RE: A easy smaller wye rgarber Feb-18-02 15

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NickF (750 posts)
Jan-15-02, 00:15 AM (EST) 1. "RE: A easy smaller wye" That's a keeper, Rich. I gotta find a place to use that.Nick Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
chp56 (38 posts)
Jan-15-02, 06:57 PM (EST) 2. "RE: A easy smaller wye" Looks like a good solution...could you clarify "7 left/right turnie whatever you call them things."..? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
NickF (750 posts)
Jan-15-02, 08:02 PM (EST) 3. "RE: A easy smaller wye" I think he means the pieces labeled "EndPoint whatever." Use the correcponding left or right pieces that match the switch.Nick Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
rgarber (1227 posts)
Jan-15-02, 08:48 PM (EST) 4. "RE: A easy smaller wye" Thanks NickF! I can never remember the names of those things, I just know they have the word End in it is how I recognize them.Rich Garber Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
LawrenceKellie (1335 posts)
Jan-15-02, 10:35 PM (EST) 5. "RE: A easy smaller wye" That's really sneaky, Rich.Lawrence Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
OkrasaGhia (239 posts)
Jan-16-02, 03:06 AM (EST) 6. "RE: A easy smaller wye" LAST EDITED ON Jan-16-02 AT 03:08 AM (EST)Three 10d Ys and four of the same kind thingies for each leg and you don't need any dynamic track at all (think Sniper pointed this out before).
You should be able to use other curved tracks for the legs also as long as you use the same curves and they make a 40 degree bend.

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rgarber (1227 posts)
Jan-18-02, 00:59 AM (EST) 8. "RE: A easy smaller wye" Ha! See, I'm not the only one who calls 'em thingies! Rich Garber Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
roycru (40 posts)
Jan-28-02, 08:34 AM (EST) 10. "RE: A easy smaller wye" Over the past weekend I tried a narrow gauge wye using xtracks. No dynamic just 150M radius and it worked. Even at the end of the line. I did make one "tail" long in an attempt to fool MSTS into thinking it was a main line. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
LawrenceKellie (1335 posts)
Jan-17-02, 11:27 PM (EST) 7. "RE: A easy smaller wye" I have been building wyes that are quite similar to that, only the separate "siding" part is not there. In other words, except for a short piece of dynamic, I use all 10D left and right end points.I decided to "remodel" one of those with your version. The remodel worked out excellently! Now I have a little extra "siding" to play with. GREAT idea! I'm glad that I have included it, as I will now be able to "remember" to use it in future situations.Lawrence Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
SR1950 (88 posts)
Jan-27-02, 05:41 PM (EST) 9. "RE: A easy smaller wye" Thank you, Rich! And thanks to Okrasa for the ideas on using three "Y" track sections. Need to play with that one, too!Since I haven't seen any operating turntables (did you ever create one, Okrasa?), this may be just what I need on my Dunnenda Valley RR. It's mountainous, curvy and has mines and lumber camps tucked in nooks and crannies evrywhere!Just what the gandy dancers needed - ideas on building small wyes!
Thanks again, folks!Lew
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SR1950 (88 posts)
Jan-28-02, 05:32 PM (EST) 11. "RE: A easy smaller wye" >GREAT idea! I'm glad that
>I have in>I have been building wyes that
>are quite similar to that,
>only the separate "siding" part
>is not there. In
>other words, except for a
>short piece of dynamic, I
>use all 10D left and
>right end points.
>
>I decided to "remodel" one of
>those with your version.
>The remodel worked out excellently!
> Now I have a
>little extra "siding" to play
cluded it, as
>I will now be able
>to "remember" to use it
>in future situations.
>
>Lawrence
Thank you for the idea, Lawrence! Makes a great junction, with a runaround track, and maybe a branch line leading in. Also space for a small station in the middle!Hmmm. Now let's see.. where do I need more of those? Lew
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Jitny (132 posts)
Jan-29-02, 00:12 AM (EST) 12. "RE: A easy smaller wye" Hey all
Here's the one I'm using with more of a straight siding. Just 2 short pieces of about 8m of dynamic track.
Regards
Bob
Mobile AL
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SR1950 (88 posts)
Feb-17-02, 11:09 PM (EST) 13. "RE: A easy smaller wye" LAST EDITED ON Feb-17-02 AT 11:17 PM (EST)Well, I took a crack at building one of those "minimal" wyes as described by Rich, Okrasa and Lawrence:Of course, yer gonna have to be verrrry careful how you align that first wye section, if you want the rest of it to go where it needs to go! I also used Lawrence's idea, with the straight base section, and used the inner curved section for caboose storage. Good place to stash them little suckers! What? You don't use cabeese??? Guess I'm old fashioned! Lew
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patm41 (612 posts)
Feb-17-02, 11:55 PM (EST) 14. "RE: A easy smaller wye"
i asume those end point thingies are 10 degree rt endpoint thingies ??patm41
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rgarber (1227 posts)
Feb-18-02, 00:51 AM (EST) 15. "RE: A easy smaller wye" Yah! Those thingy's you are talking about are those thingy's he's got pictured as thingy's.Finally some technical words I can understand! Rich Garber Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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