Originally Posted by walt rapp:
Burns Electric, if he's still in business, sells a block detector where you isolate the middle rail. I have one and the way it works is that it detects a change in the load in the block. You need either an engine or a lighted car for it to detect activity in the block.
But it does eliminate having to create a bunch of outside-rail insulated tracks.
- walt
We 3 railers were given the gift of free detection when we sacrificed realism. Why would we complicate the issue and resort to the method 2 railers are forced to employ?
If I was going to give up something for better ground rail contact, it would be traction tires.
P.S. The mainline on my layout 100% insulated rail for the purpose of detection.
