Not knowing the exact way you have placed your switches I can only take a guess at what the problem is, my thinking is that you have two 022 switches placed back to back and want to go between two parallel sets of tracks. You need to put a small straight section(three inch section & must have the cross-tie, maybe smaller, custom cut straight section) in between the two 022 switches so as to pick up power from the outside rail, center rail will still be continued electrically. Be careful about the insulating pins placement at the switches.
Lee F.
I'm taking a huge risk and exposing my ignorance, but at 62, pride diminishes rapidly. I'm frustrated by a lot of issues on a layout I'm creating. All the details of my frustration are not relevant, but I would like to hear any ideas about the following. I like switches and plan to incorporate a dozen or so in a variety of situations from reverse loops to multiple track yards. All my switches are serviced and operating fine and via fixed voltage plugs. My inquiry is: what can be done about what I perceive to be dead spots when engines or motorized pieces cross two switches in a row? I realize the distance traversed removes the pickups from the center rail of the track, but is there a trick or obvious thing I'm missing to somehow have power across the switch? My head says such an idea would interfere with switch operation, but perhaps not?
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