walkingthedog Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Terminus stations are obviously always the exception. Train comes in, stops then goes out again. Slough has up and down fast and slow so some trains arrive there in the wrong direction. This post has turned something blindingly obvious into something very complicated. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 A lot depends on the layout of a station and how many tracks there are..Of course, that goes without saying. But I'm sure that the person who decided on the arrow direction on the controller was taking a very simplistic view of platform usage from the perspective of a typical branch line station with two platforms one up line and one down line. As I said, a cerebral exercise, not an observation of reality. I was also using Paulali's specific station example as a basis for my comment..This post has turned something blindingly obvious into something very complicated..I agree that this topic has been done to death. However, Paulali asked a question and I felt it only polite to offer an answer, rather than ignore it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 I wasn’t referring to Paulali's question but the post as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Then, of course, is the island platform!-In the days of the 'Walkman' cassette player, they were bi-directional. When they got to the end of the tape, the mechanism reversed, repositioned the head, and played the 'other side' going backwards - ad infinitum, or until it was switched off or the battery died!-Going off-topic - the convention for playing records was a clockwise rotation, starting at the outer edge, but cd/dvd's start in the middle and work outwards! I'm not sure which way they rotate, as they are hidden in little slots!-Anyway - to drag this back onto almost topic, with DCC forwards is the direction the loco is facing, irrespective of which way you set the controls. If your loco goes forwards right to left, you stop it, physically rotate it 180', and set it off again, it still goes forwards, but left to right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog RJ Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 @EricI'm not sure which way they rotate, as they are hidden in little slotsThey rotate clockwise when looking at the label side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 There comes a time to lock a post that has lost its way, but we cannot do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulali Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Wish i never asked 😳but thankyou for the many replys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Thanks, Rog. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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