Before you get too far into this project, there’s a few things to be aware of based on my experience running trolleys and other small powered vehicles on superstreets insulated rail sections:
- if your trolley has traction tires it may not run very well on an insulated track section, especially if it only has 4 wheels and 2 have traction tires. If the traction-tired wheels are on the live rail of the insulated section it will stall out because of no ground on the wheels without tires. Not sure why they put traction tires on a trolley, but some have them. You probably can run them without the tires.
- It sounds like you want the trolley to start up in the same direction it had been traveling, if your trolley has a reversing unit you will need to lock it out. If it’s the bump-and-go type, you’re OK.
Also be advised that Bachmann never made an insulated section for E-Z Streets. The K-Line superstreets versions are still around as Stan posted above and often turn up on eBay.
Bill
