Ok, goofy question.... For those of you who have continuous loops in your layouts, which direction do your trains go? Clockwise or counter-clockwise? I've always run my trains clockwise just because.
Which Direction Do You Run Your Trains?
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Both! I want the gears in my locomotives to wear evenly, so I try to run them in both directions as consistently as possible. 
Being that I'm in the northern hemisphere, my trains run clockwise. (Sorry I couldn't resist) All kidding aside...I run clockwise "into" my station and "into" the sidings so I don't need to back into a siding.
Both. I run a north bound local freight, break it up in the yard, and then run a south bound local freight.
Loren
Loren
Our club layout has three continuous running mains connected to a coin operated system. We run two trains one direction and the third in the opposite direction, changing directions periodically to even out the wear.
At the moment 2 out of 3 loops are running clockwise. One has an s curve leading into a switch if I run CCW so I never run that loop CCW, it is just asking for a derailment.
I set my empire up to run in both directions{2 cabs}with long blocks,about twice the length of a train.Trouble is I'm too easily distracted and have had some near catsasstrophies.Only had one car make it to the floor.
North of the Mason-Dixon, they run counter clockwise. South, they run clockwise. fence1
I run mine both ways. All layouts should have a reversing tack section.
I run mine both ways. All layouts should have a reversing tack section.
Clockwise, When I built my layout that's the direstion that the first train ran and I'm a creature of habit!
I guess my layout is a lil different and ok to run in Massachusetts - I have two loops and they go both ways - LOL
On my old layout, I mostly ran clockwise, at least while it was single track, because most spurs were trailing-point that way. Once it was double-tracked, of course I ran both ways.
