https://blog.model-train-help.com/2012/02/controlling-turnouts.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=controlling-turnouts Model railroads and model trains Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2012/02/controlling-turnouts.html#comment-1236 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:37:02 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2012/02/controlling-turnouts.html#comment-1236 I would use separate power supplies to power the turnouts and the rails. reason is if the track shorts out the switches go down too, so you can’t get you rolling stock off the track cause you cant throw the switch.Another more important reason is that if you have a short where is it?—-is it the switches or the track. by placing these things on a separate circuit you cut you trouble shooting time in half.

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