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On my 3-Rail Gargraves layout both outside (common) rails are white insulated wire soldered to  a bare copper buss wires that are connected to the transformers negative posts. The center rail (positive) block wiring has black insulated wire individually tagged with identification.  The wire, insulated or not , is a conductor, the wire insulation in residential home use is white, black and red  the  wire insulation colors you choose in model railroading are your choice for track wiring, accessory power or wiring of  a caboose lighting, passenger car lighting or locomotive electronics boards or lighting. What I recommend is that whatever wire colors you choose use these same colors when wiring like circuits on an additional caboose  or locomotive, this helps the trouble shooting process.

I used a bare copper 8 gauge buss wire for all common wire soldering of track feeders, just clean off the copper oxide if it should occur, before soldering. 

  

 

Last edited by John Ochab

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