Finally started laying some track with more than just an oval. Although I plan to go DCC at some point (when finances allow) I'm using analogue and the first problem I have encountered is isolating track. So my locomotive collection now amounts to 4 and I was planning some sidings to park them in while one runs round the track. First mistake was to assume the Aristocraft points I'm using would isolate the sidings, but no...... So is there an wasy way to isolate sidings without individual power feeds and switches and all that entails? What do other people do?
Analogue track isolation
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Yes, the non-isolating nature of G-scale points does catch a lot of folks out at the start, especially those coming up from smaller gauges where a lot of points ARE self-isolating.
The simplest method without external wiring is to put a break in one rail; there are many ways of doing this, of course - the plastic isolating rail joiners, sawing a gap into a rail, or using a ready-made LGB isolating track piece which has all the connection points under the black plastic cover:
Whichever way you make your track isolating break, all you then need to do is to wire a simple single-pole slide switch across the break - that is where the LGB one above makes it easy because you've got screw terminals under the plastic cover, but if you make your own then you just need to solder wires each side of the break and put the switch between them. The switch can be located on the sleepers right by the track break, a small slide switch can be fitted in between two sleepers and screwed in place through the plastic; you then have a self-contained isolating switch section that requires no other wiring to the rest of the layout.
Jon.
The simplest method without external wiring is to put a break in one rail; there are many ways of doing this, of course - the plastic isolating rail joiners, sawing a gap into a rail, or using a ready-made LGB isolating track piece which has all the connection points under the black plastic cover:
Whichever way you make your track isolating break, all you then need to do is to wire a simple single-pole slide switch across the break - that is where the LGB one above makes it easy because you've got screw terminals under the plastic cover, but if you make your own then you just need to solder wires each side of the break and put the switch between them. The switch can be located on the sleepers right by the track break, a small slide switch can be fitted in between two sleepers and screwed in place through the plastic; you then have a self-contained isolating switch section that requires no other wiring to the rest of the layout.
Jon.
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