Turnout control,Manual or Electric pros or con

[Russ Bellinis]

Russ, I did use them while laying track for testing. The problem was the erratic electric connection of the point rails with the stock rails and the hinges at my Atlas code 83 turnouts. I did solder short stranded wire to bypass the hinges. That makes electric frogs necessary without further modifications.

Thanks for the tip Reinhard. My plan is to use the Fast & Easy Turnout kit from the Proto87 Stores for all of my turnouts.

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My plan is to run hard wire connections between the points and the stock rails, so that I don't need to use the points to make electrical connections. The only locomotive on the layout will be one Cf-7, possibly I will decorate an old Athearn Sw7 for GE to switch out the GE grain elevator. I think both of those units will easily bridge over dead frogs without stalling or shorting out.