Ok, now that is truly cool - if you look really closely you will see it has a small plate that opens and closes under what is the 2nd carriage. Basically the red/green light probably has a sensor of some type to detect the incoming train and it toggles that plate so if there is a train in the station it can move out before the new one arrives.
One thing that would cause this station a problem though is if you have a train that is longer than the standard 4 cars and/or is a consolidated train (i.e. two trains joined together to make an 8 car train). Although I guess if the motorised car is the 6th one in an 8 car train it would probably work, although I'm not sure how well a single power car that far back would work pushing 6 other cars.
The other thing that is a bit annoying is that it only triggers on the platform side, it would have been truly cool if it had a platform on both sides and stopped in different directions. Which of course highlights the other drawback, if the train coming into the station is coming the wrong direction it won't trigger the plate at the right time
As for the track with the raised sides, isn't this just the normal elevated track pieces? These are often shipped with the new starter sets such as the advance linear liner train...
One thing that would cause this station a problem though is if you have a train that is longer than the standard 4 cars and/or is a consolidated train (i.e. two trains joined together to make an 8 car train). Although I guess if the motorised car is the 6th one in an 8 car train it would probably work, although I'm not sure how well a single power car that far back would work pushing 6 other cars.
The other thing that is a bit annoying is that it only triggers on the platform side, it would have been truly cool if it had a platform on both sides and stopped in different directions. Which of course highlights the other drawback, if the train coming into the station is coming the wrong direction it won't trigger the plate at the right time
As for the track with the raised sides, isn't this just the normal elevated track pieces? These are often shipped with the new starter sets such as the advance linear liner train...
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