Edit: Typing when tired does not work.
I need the loop polarity to remain when I switch Forward/reverse.
Back to Googling. Not that it matters but this will be controlled by an MRC Control Master 20

This is a constant question and always complicated wiring.

My thought and am I wrong.
A DC mainline with a loop at each end, always going into the loop on the straight side of the turnouts. The main and turnouts have power. Each loop are isolated from the main and turnouts. All has power of same polarity wired to the three sections from power pack. Loop, Main, Loop.
No extra power switches/toggles. Only forward and reverse switch on power pack. If I operate train onto isolated loop and stop. Then manually change turnout. Change forward/reverse switch on power pack and then move train onto main and proceed to opposite end and onto the loop and stop.

Each end is a station so not a problem to stop.

Thank you all. Happy Holidays.

The on30 2-6-0 Denver & Rio Grade Western. What is the green used on the boiler. Also what is the smoke box color. I want a couple locomotives to resemble this. Thank you.

I wish you would have read this/understood railexpert. I am not talking about any of the ideas you suggest I "search" for. I am not talking about "dealing" with the rear overhang or extra long coupler. I am working on making this "not" overhang so bad on curves. Do you have a reference you can point me toward?

I do like the looks of the cut apart ones but do want a Forney to remain Fornyish. One could turn down the rear set of drivers but I am wondering if maybe a little investication might find a good swap.

Not trying to beat a dead horse. The Forney was wonderful aside from the operating troubles on corners.
Just daydreaming, what if a person replaced the rear drivers with blind drivers and eliminated the side to side movement of the rear truck? This would bother some people looking directly at wheels on track around corners. From most peoples perspective though it would ok and in fact may look better too most since there would not be the rear overhang on curves. These locos are too fun to put on the shelf. Of course if someone could figure out a Mason Bogie that would be fun also.

Not to intrude, but I have just been needing the same and have wondered if I should just buy the complete truck assembly.

I could get by with those restrictions but I would seriously hope that all model railroaders considering marriage need to have a well planed pre-nuptial real estate agreement. This comes up far too often.

Some nice layouts.
uncbob, I really like yours.

Wonderful thoughts.
I especially like the idea of the Logging Disconects in Bachmanns ready to use glory.

I agree with railtwister 100%. Do not ask for too much. Do this upgrade Mogul and an anniversary box car.

 When sound first started to be added I thought that you could have your loco programed on a DCC system then operate it on DC with limited function. What do you get when running a sound equiped loco on regular DC?

Good ideas, I am considering using cab, stack, headlight and bell from a dead porter. Anything that I can hacksaw, I mean Razor Saw and glue works for me. The HO 0-6-0 is such a good running loco I just have to put one on my On30 "Allegan & Lake Shore R.R." even though in reality they used just a T-Boiler Shay which I have one of Bachmann's already backdated.

I want to take a step back and convert an HO locomotive to On30. I have done some search but can't find as much on the topic as there was just a few years ago. I want this to be a fun project. Has anyone seen any good step by step tutorials on the web? Has anyone done one they could share pictures of. I figure to change cab, stack, headlight. Then eventually a larger bell, domes etc.