Well I found an image of AF.015.I am constructing an American Flyer layout I saw on SCARM and need help wiring the reverse loops. The SCARM file is AF.015.scarm. Can anyone show me how this layout is to be wired? Thanks.
Thanks for the input. I am not sure which are the three DPDT switches you refer to. Can you please mark them? Do you need to throw switches only when the complete train is on the blue or reds track section? Any particular order in which to throw the switches? Are any jumper wires required? Is a separate terminal track needed for each track section red, blue and grey? Any other tips for construction would be appreciated. Again, thanks.Well I found an image of AF.015.
It does indeed have two reversing loops. That will require a DPDT switch for each one. Total of three. After thinking about it I would block it as the image below. The red bars are where you would have to use insulated rail joiners. As I recall standard AF track square tooth picks work for that. The blue section is one reversing loop, and the red is the other.
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I'm sorry I assumed too much. Yes jumper wires are required. Here is the full wiring diagram below. DPDT means double pole double toggle electrical switch. I've added them in the wiring diagram. Yes you will need a terminal track in each of the three electrical sections. The jumper wires would of course go to that terminal clip rather than the generic place I showed on the diagram.Thanks for the input. I am not sure which are the three DPDT switches you refer to. Can you please mark them? Do you need to throw switches only when the complete train is on the blue or reds track section? Any particular order in which to throw the switches? Are any jumper wires required? Is a separate terminal track needed for each track section red, blue and grey? Any other tips for construction would be appreciated. Again, thanks.
Short answer is yes. You could isolate the dark grey section as a reversing loop.Sorry you are dealing with a beginner. I think I am starting to understand that the DPDT is a switch positioned between the transformer and the track and has nothing to do with the track switches. The tech people at Lionel through me off when they told me the Fastrack switches were DPDT. The original SCARM plan shows just one reversing section (shown in dark grey). Could I get by with two DPDT switches in that case?