The number of blocks you need depends on your track plan.
Ho train sidings.
The track plan allows continuous running of both passenger and freight trains as well as shunting switching operations in the station sidings and the fiddle yard on the lower level.
Sidings often have lighter rails meant for lower speed or less heavy traffic and few if any signals.
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In the video i will show you how to wire a point so that it creates a dead siding for a dc layout great for a backwards siding oo ho gauge model railway la.
A siding in rail terminology is a low speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line or branch line or spur.
It may connect to through track or to other sidings at either end.
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A passing siding is an important component of any model railroad track plan.
An ho scale model train is about 1 87 scale to a real life train and your scenery and accessories will fit the same scale.
Isolate passing sidings and places where you are likely to store trains like stations staging yards and engine facilities.
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Those not so connected may be referred to as single ended or dead end sidings or stubs.
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You can hold a locomotive or car in one hand comfortably without fully covering it which is more likely to be n scale.
Sidings connected at both ends to a running line are commonly known as loops.
Generally mainline blocks should be as long as the longest trains you run or a little longer.
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