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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by JeffBrauer Justin, If your problem is locos dying on the turnout, the points may not be feeding electricity to the rails just inside the frog. [/quote] This can happen when dirt builds up in the points. A way to prevent this is with a mechanical linkage to a microswitch used to power the frog, or contacts added to the switch machine for the same purpose. The microswitch selects which incoming rail powers the frog the same way that the points do, but reliably so dirt is no longer an issue other than too much will hold the points open and make the flanges pick the points. For even better reliability solder 2 flexible wires to the undersides of the point rails close to where the rails are hinged to the frog where movement is minimal. Run these wires down through the table and use them as independent feeders to the moving point rails so the hinges are not required to pass electricity (they too will get dirty over time and could cause the point rails to become dead. Connect these 2 wires to a third wire soldered to the underside of the frog.
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