Lionel Drawbridge and Super Streets

Thanks for the idea!!!  I have a drawbridge that I was going to sell because I couldn't find a place, but I could use it for a roadway!!

Thanks

You can easily make a center insulated section with superstreets. Remove the track pin and bend in opposite directions. Then solder a wire to the center rail. 

The bridge is designed to stop the train when it goes up.  It can be done with a simple relay. You need a way to detect when the bridge is down. Perhaps an outside insulated rail section can work a relay. When the bridge is down it could complete the circuit to a relay coil.  If not you could use a reed switch and magnet. In either case a DPDT ( 2 sets of contacts) relay can work the crossing gate and cut power to the street section.

Crossing gate hookup is shown here

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I don't have the accessory so I can't give a definitive answer.

Dale H

I'm interested in how this turns out. Keep us up to date please! Terry

I decided to eliminate the Streets track in the insulated block and that allowed everything to work properly. The Streets car now stops when that bridge is raised and resumes speed when the bridge is lowered.

Now I have to figure out how to integrate the crossing gates so that they lower across the road when the birdge goes up and raise up when the bridge raises up.

Thanks for Dave’s input on the use of relays.

Jim McGehee