Around the Room Layout Entrance - 7
monitored Loconet to provide an alert to the dispatcher when
the aisle gate is open. It also drops signals on the approach to
the gate.
I have added a cloth skirt to my gate, matching those fas-
tened by Velcro to the fixed benchwork of the Quaker Valley.
But the opening between the gate and the floor is still acces-
sible and my daughters and the dog would often come in
when the gate was in the closed position (see 7). I’m getting
too old for that now.
I would avoid placing very complex trackwork on a moving gate,
but a turnout or crossover could easily be accommodated by
keeping the frog and moving parts away from the ends.
Charlie Comstock, in his April 2009 article in MRH
indicated that a swing gate
Video 1: Aisle gate operation – Train across bridge,
open and close, second and third train.
Video 2: Aisle cam action – Cam action of gap when
opening.
Video 3: Aisle hinge side – Hinge side when opening.
MRH-Feb 2013
