Layout is finished- now reliable operation questions

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Michael B said:
I would like to know if you have any of those TruTrack turnouts left? If you could send me one - I will do a thread on repairing it and at the same time show how to wire the frog, signals, and panel lamps correctly. Once you see it done, you will see how simple it really is!
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Yes, I have a bunch of them. It looks like the ones I have, there are two types, one has a screw where the moving part pivots on and another type that's different. I'm happy to send you a couple. The part I liked about the atlas type is when I replaced the Tru Scale with the atlas all the weird shorting issues disappeared. I really would like to understand them and why they behaved like they did with regard to shorting. They did seem fairly reliable as far as derailing issues though. When I was testing the tru scale turnouts I was using an old PowerMaster Train control mfg'd New Oxford PA, like 10 minutes from where I live.... and it had a volt and amp meter and whenever a short occurred the amp meter would jump up to 2a as I tried to increase the voltage and I knew I had a short. I'd like to rebuild that power supply at some point for the fun of it.

Thanks!

Tony
 
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