Hello,
I upgraded my control system to NCE DCC and am installing Zimo decoders in all my locos. I want to be able to run 3 or more trains on one mainline loop with a station siding WITHOUT using a computer. I am currently using LGBs EPL system to do this but that cuts the power to the trains at the station. I have the Semaphore control power to both track block through the entrance point EPL drive. So when the signal is red, there is no power going to either track block. When the signal is green, there is power to the track that the turnout points are directed. The train trips a relay and switches the turnout behind it to the other track.
I see the Lenz BM1, 2 and 3 series will automatically stop and start trains in blocks using my LGB semaphores and EPL drives. That is good. I understand this blocking setup.
I want to be able to also alternate trains coming into a siding so that after one train departs the station, another train would pull in to the open track.
Right now, I can't figure out how to keep both trains in the station from pulling out at the same time. Does anyone have an idea how to accomplish this so that only one train will depart when the signal turns green?
I upgraded my control system to NCE DCC and am installing Zimo decoders in all my locos. I want to be able to run 3 or more trains on one mainline loop with a station siding WITHOUT using a computer. I am currently using LGBs EPL system to do this but that cuts the power to the trains at the station. I have the Semaphore control power to both track block through the entrance point EPL drive. So when the signal is red, there is no power going to either track block. When the signal is green, there is power to the track that the turnout points are directed. The train trips a relay and switches the turnout behind it to the other track.
I see the Lenz BM1, 2 and 3 series will automatically stop and start trains in blocks using my LGB semaphores and EPL drives. That is good. I understand this blocking setup.
I want to be able to also alternate trains coming into a siding so that after one train departs the station, another train would pull in to the open track.
Right now, I can't figure out how to keep both trains in the station from pulling out at the same time. Does anyone have an idea how to accomplish this so that only one train will depart when the signal turns green?