03-15-2018, 08:11 PM
Charlie B Wrote:Wayne, is the polarity reversed between the old section and new section? having said it all worked fine before ballasting I hesitate to even ask this, but just a thought.
Charlie
No, the whole layout is wired together, with sections which can be killed by flipping a toggle switch on the layout's fascia in that area. The polarity is changed by the direction switch on the walkaround throttle, so whenever or wherever a locomotive might be on the kill-able tracks, when those tracks are energised, the loco will move in the same direction as all others that are moving, at that time, on the layout. (One of the reasons I eschewed DCC was to avoid my confusion when seeing locomotives moving in opposing directions, especially if they're on the same track.)
)I'm gonna go cut some wires.
Wayne