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Is there any way to cut power on an American flyer fast track turn out? I'm expanding my layout with fast track, I'm primarily a legacy and flyer Chief user. But when I have trains parked on a siding I don't like them still having power. I can't find any way to cut power to the siding besides rewiring them with some kind of cut off switch. I was hoping the turnouts would be like the old Gilbert American flyer turnouts.

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FasTrack turnouts are not power routing like the original Gilbert turnouts. A 761 semaphore can be used to turn siding power on and off automatically. Just wire it in parallel with the turnout control lever. Alternatively an inexpensive relay can be used but most relays want DC power to the coil unlike the 761 which uses AC power for the coil.

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