Hello All
After finishing laying my track on the sidings last week I went to wire them up and realized that there was a short in the track. After a half hour of tracing I found that one of my PECO turnouts is an electrofrog. I checked all of the boxes and they all say insulfrog so one was mis-labled.
Is there a trick to fix an insulfrog in place or does it have to come out? The turnouts isn't glued down but the track around it is.
Thanks
Springfield PA
Cut a gap in both diverging rails of the frog.
Jack W.
That's the way to do it. Cut the rail joiners through on the frog, but I would insert styrene into the gaps and secure them with CA to prevent the gaps from ever closing.
Thanks,
How far away from the frog should they be cut or should it be done at the turnout joiner to the frog rails?
Just cut through the rail joiners. Since it is not fastened down cut through the four joiners at the diverging end of the switch and replace it. Down the line somewhere you may have to power the frog, so replace it. You may save having to solder feeders to the switches.
Cutting both diverging rails is wrong. You have to cut the frog rails. Just use a dremmel, and cut both GREEN rails in the diagram. I cut the gaps just passed the frog.
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
Motley, I tough that cutting both diverging rails of the frog and cutting the frog rails was exactly the same thing. What I am missing?
jalajoie Motley, I tough that cutting both diverging rails of the frog and cutting the frog rails was exactly the same thing. What I am missing?
I believe you are both saying the same thing. I think Motley missed the words "of the frog" in your post.