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Hello all! I am at the stage of my first layout where I am trying to get the wiring finished. Question about the Atlas Twin. Since it has 2 directional positions and an off position, can I mount 3 of them serially and use each switch as a directional switch/off switch for each section of my layout? For example the first Twin powers the main loop and the reversing section, the second twin powers my mountain line and its reversing loop, and the third Twin powering a yard, but all wired serially with the power pack feed wires coming into the first Twin only? <br /> <br />The reason I ask is because I tried to do this, but my result is that the main loop works great if the other Twins are switched off, but when the others are switched on their is a major power loss. Even when the mountain line is powered by itself (all other switches in the off position), it has very little power (and I previously had that section powered directly by my power pack and it worked fine so their is no power loss due to bad track connections)
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