On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:40 PM, John Albee <[email protected]> wrote:
> HI Bob, > I'm going to try to get this Shinohara working over the weekend. It is a > left hand #6 turnout, fed from the point end back about 2 feet, then fed > again on the left side about 2 feet up the track. I gapped the rail above > the frog on the "main". Now it works, unless I throw the bar to the main > then it shorts out. Any help you could give would be much appreciated. > thanks! > > John A. Albee, Realtor > [email protected] > In my dealings with solid frog turnouts - in any scale - is that the 'inside' rail (the rail next to the frog) on both paths of the turnout need to be gapped. This can be done next to the turnout or a foot away or whereever. The main feed (as you've done) is by the points. Any additional feeds would be done past the gap(s). The location of the gap became a good location for signals. The exception is if one of the routes is a stub-end siding - no need to gap on that track. This page may explain or show some things better. And it also has a bit on using auto bulbs. http://www.wiringfordcc.com/switches.htm Ken Ken [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
