11-22-2020, 08:55 PM
Glen: My wiring suggestion for drop gate safety.
Feed the north rail from the east side and continue it to the west side a couple of feet beyond.
Feed the south rail from the west side and over onto the east. use a 4 pin plug where the gap opens. Undo this plug when you open the gate. That should give you a dead section each side of the opening.
With that turnout right beside the gate you may need a bit extra thinking -- maybe a dead section in both outer rails of the turnout fed from the far side and the inner rails fed from the turnout/frog.
Feed the north rail from the east side and continue it to the west side a couple of feet beyond.
Feed the south rail from the west side and over onto the east. use a 4 pin plug where the gap opens. Undo this plug when you open the gate. That should give you a dead section each side of the opening.
With that turnout right beside the gate you may need a bit extra thinking -- maybe a dead section in both outer rails of the turnout fed from the far side and the inner rails fed from the turnout/frog.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.