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If wanting to use toggle switches to operate turnouts, I would use SPDT (single pole, double throw) rather than DPDT to do the job. <br /> <br />But, like the warnings in the other posts, they must direct power to the turnout only momentarily. This can be accomplished with a switch designed to spring back to the center whose positions are "momentary-on, off, momentary-on." Obviously, the turnouts can still be destroyed if the switch is accidentally or intentionally held in either "on" position. <br /> <br />NZRMac's idea seems like a good one.
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