F-J, thanks for the info, will look into these very carefully and report back
Rich

ATB.

FJ

Thanks Tim, Bachmann makes a set (no Trolly) uses special tracks but is expensive and only runs a short distance, you can get additional track but I understand it must be the special Bachmann track. This is also DC. I have seen it displayed as a point to point, don’t know if a loop would work, not that I am interested in a loop at this time.
Rich

I went on Digatrax website and they said that you must have a loop.
If I come up with anything else I will post, if you do please post.
Rich

Richard
How about a system that the train follows the powered rails and at the point of it’s stop it crosses to a dead section (Insulated from the powered track). Manually you could throw the switch that is a double throw double pole to reverse the direction and the dead section would come on with it to send it the other direction and the same could happen at the other end. It would stop automatically because of the insulated rail.
Now for the automatic system I thing you could use an auto reverse board and by using the insulated rail system above them maybe it would work on it’s own without throwing switches. But I am pretty sure there is something that would work like a computer system that would stop the train for a set time like at a platform and when it starts up again would go in the reversed direction. At any rate your stop or turn directions will most likely need an insulated rail to make it stop at a station or at it’s reversing point. one of my videos has a layout that the Chicago EL does just that but it goes farther by sending the train out from the other side of the platform out next.. There was a trolley layout at Train Fest which had 3 different trolley’s and each time the trolley would get back to the platform the next trolley would go also with a stop delay at the other platform on the other end of the line. I will let you know which video it is in . Both layouts seem to be what you might need. But manually sounds like what I told you at the top of this would get you going.
I am building up some wood trolleys of my own but I am in no way close to hooking up a system that would work this like that. But I have a place in mind that I would want to do it like you are saying as I am modeling Seattle Washington Kings station and just befor the trains go into the tunnel under the city there is a street bridge that the wired busses run on over the station tracks which sounds to me that if there is a unit out there that does this them that would be great. I know there is something because I have seen 2 layouts now that have this system working.. from Newman Atkinson

Newman, thanks for your reply. What I want to do is run a Trolley or subway line on a dedicated line for this use only, and will not be using a loop, it will be a straight run back and forth only, no loop.