Big_Boy_4005 posted:
One small bone to pick though: your nomenclature of "dead rail" and "trick" is a bit off. The correct term is "insulated rail", and it's not really a trick as it has been well documented by Lionel for over 75 years. Perhaps a better word would be advantage or phenomenon.
"Dead Rail" is a term used by the battery/RC operation folks.
https://www.deadrailsociety.com/
I used insulated rail sections back in the 1980's on my old 3-rail railroad that I used to take to shows. I controlled crossing gates, banjo signals, the flagman, the switch tower and extended the anti-derail range of O22 switches. Worked flawlessly every time.
Rusty