https://blog.model-train-help.com/2024/03/running-problems-track-cross-overs.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=running-problems-track-cross-overs Model railroads and model trains Thu, 06 Jun 2024 04:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2024/03/running-problems-track-cross-overs.html#comment-68913 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 04:44:55 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6840#comment-68913 Here is a connection diagram for a Peco O turnout, which is probably similar, and may help you to see how the connections go and the possible places a short circuit could occur. Look at the closeness of the opposite polarity rails as the loco wheels approach the frog, this could cause a short.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2024/03/running-problems-track-cross-overs.html#comment-67308 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:56:22 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6840#comment-67308 Check your back to back wheel spacing and also the tyre width. Depending on which brand of diamond crossing you are using, shorting ususally occurs when a wheel tyre or flange makes contact with the wrong rail near the frog.

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