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Thanks for the help. I did try to add a feeder wire to the frog end and I gapped the rail too. But I added the gap too close to the switch and when the locomotive crossed the gap it was connecting both rails and shorting out the track. Does that sound right? If I put the gap further down the rail then this won't happen? <br /> <br />So in other words, do I have to to add a wire to each turnout to get the sidings to be powered? This is frustrating. The books all make it sound so easy. The switch rail provides power to whichever track is selected. Yeah right!
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