Running Lionel Fastrack 10" Crossing Accessories Off ACC transformer & Fixed Voltage

Hello OGR Forum,

I have currently one each of the Lionel 10” Grade Crossings (see pics):

• 6-12052 with operating flashers and bell ringing
• 6-12062 with operating flashers, gate, and bell ringing

Normally right out of the box wiring these run off track transformers and power, using insulated outside rail tracks to turn on/off the accessory.

Questions:

1. Can these accessories be run using fixed voltage transformer outputs (phased with common ground to track transformer)?
   • Is it just a matter of re-connecting the red wire on the bottom of each accessory that comes set to the center rail, and instead have it connect to a wire from the accessory transformer set to 14V fixed?
   • See pics of each accessory's bottom wiring.

1. If you run the accessory as distributed by Lionel to run of track power, and if you have a large length of insulated outer rail tracks before/after the accessory:
   1. Will there be large power draw off the trains power center rail source?
   2. Would there be any adverse effect on Legacy signal strength/loss if the insulated rails used were very long – say 10+ feet?

I look forward to your reply. Thank you.

Regards, Ken