Hi all.
again, here are my basic (yes I am sure dumb) questions this weekend. I set up a test strip of straight fast rack. I ran a train up and down the test track. All is well. Then I removed the center pins from two sections that were connected, thereby leaving no center rail not connection. I ran a train up and down again and was expecting the train to stop after it crossed the section with no center pins. The rain continued to run. I am using at CW80 for the test.
The purpose was to isolate a section of track with the purpose of using the star wire method since I intend to use DCS. I do understand the star wiring concept, running wires from a terminal block to another block @10 ft. away. Then drop wire from the track to the block. The plan is to use 3 Lionel powerhouse bricks.
The point where I am lost is isolating the sections of track. Do I need to remove the pins from both the center and ground rails in order to properly isolate the track?
I apologize for this very basic questions but challenged as you can see,
thank you
