RickO, that is a great idea but, unfortunately, I don't have a voltage meter.
I just dlturned on the power to that track, and contorted myself to get back there and put my fingers on the rails of that O22 switch and track nearby. I could not feel any heat on the rails or anything else, heard no noise of any kind, saw no sparks, etc. I sensed nothing out of the ordinary when I did that.
The thought occurred to me to repeat the same thing while running a slow moving locomotive. So, I ran my Postwar #41 US Army switcher, put it on the track in the laundry room far away from that switch, and set the power at 14 volts, and started the engine. Then, I quickly crawled under the train table near that switch and felt the rails like I did before, as the engine approached and ran through the switch.
Same result: I felt, heard and saw absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Arnold
