Reverse Loop/s

[kiwi42]

working on a layout that I later Clicked Reverse Loops and one showed up, I thought I would try something like disconnecting one piece of track from this Loop and another showed up, so I kept going with disconnecting a piece of track, now I am up to 4, so now I wonder if doing this method will get cover by how many Automatic Reversers will be needed, thinking one AR for each Loop, the Disconnection of before is still in place. 

[David]

That depends. if multiple reverse loops go through the same part, only the shortest one is shown. The reason is that otherwise the whole layout can become one big reverse loop.

[kiwi42]

Thanks for your reply David, I will look into it further and see what happens

[LDL]

 

Post your plan.  We can play Where's Waldo? 

[kiwi42]

This what I am working on, while working in AR on this I have come across up to 6 LOOP, there could be more.

My Method is with REVERSE LOOP on, the RED LINE shows up somewhere, I got to thinking just how many could there be, by DISCONECT 1 of the tracks involved, getting a new RED LINE and so on for now I have got 6, I wonder how many more, or is it WAY TOO MANY to have on a HO Scale layout, not being all that Electrically minded, only knowing that THE PLUG in the wall.

Auto reverser, could be Black and Red in from Buss Wires, any other color out back to the inside PLASTIC Track Joiner.

I forgot to mention there is LAYERS and I forgot to click SLOPE, HEIGHT, VERTICAL

[LDL]

I found four loops.  A train traversing any of the four yellow sections changes direction.

You could overlap some of them to have fewer loops, but then you'll have multiple entry/exit points.  Some combinations of entry/exit are reversals, but other combinations are not reversals.  Simpler to have four reversing sections, each with one entry and one exit.

Is this AR Tower at Gallitzin?  :-)

[LDL]

Wait- are you using three-rail track?  Conventionally controlled three-rail layouts aren't impacted by reverse loops 'cause the center rail is always the center rail - no short.

I don't know about DCC.  I would think it's the same.

[kiwi42]

Normal 2 rail
Thinking DCC

[LDL]

I ask because everything I've found from Ross and GarGraves is three-rail.

Below shows how two reversing sections could handle all.  Going through a red circle constitutes a reversal.