Dear Stan,
When the CJSS built our original 16' module, we had insulated frogs.
In those pre-American Models days (pre-NASG standards too), motive
power was brass models or Miller switchers. Those without all wheel
pickup on occasion would die on the frogs, but all wheel pickup changed
all of this and problems with stalling engines are rare.
Don
PS
Furmanak, Stan wrote:
If you're building turnouts where the points are wired with the same
polarity
as the stock rails and the frog is totally isolated, must an effort be
made
to route power to the frog or can you get by reliably with a dead
frog? DCC
is planned, mechanical, push rod type turnout throws will be used, and the
shortest loco wheelbase is an SHS SW-1. Can you rely on 8-wheel pickup to
power the loco through the dead frog? Is running at low switching
speeds in
anyway compromised?
If a whisker type microswitch to route DCC power to the frog is
recommended,
any suggestions for source/part number?
Thanks.
Stan Furmanak
Annville, PA
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