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How to Wire Crossing

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Posted by TomDiehl on Thursday, August 7, 2008 9:57 PM

 MikeFF wrote:
I just installed a Railway Engineering crossing on my layout. Their website has installation information, but nothing specific to using an auto reverser. I have a PSX AR to handle that. The website indicates gaps in all four rails of the diamond and departing to the legs to create two isolated frogs (One East, One West). How do I wire it?

Thanks,

Mike

The Railway Engineering website doesn't say much about the crossing, electrically. The first question is: are the rails insulated so that the electricity goes through all the rails on the through route and doesn't go to the rails that cross them? The standard way to wire these is for the rail to be connected so the power goes through from one side, through the center of the diamond, and through the other side. These should be insulated from the route that crosses them. If you don't know, take an ohmmeter and check continuity through the three rail that make up each straight route. If it's internally wired that way, just feed each section as if it were two sections of straight track.

Smile, it makes people wonder what you're up to. Chief of Sanitation; Clowntown
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How to Wire Crossing
Posted by MikeFF on Thursday, August 7, 2008 5:26 PM
I just installed a Railway Engineering crossing on my layout. Their website has installation information, but nothing specific to using an auto reverser. I have a PSX AR to handle that. The website indicates gaps in all four rails of the diamond and departing to the legs to create two isolated frogs (One East, One West). How do I wire it?

Thanks,

Mike

Mike

 

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