Hi
I am slowly getting back in to the hobby I love..at one time I new how to wire 2 switches so that when the train hit one switch it caused the other switch to activate...It was kind of cool...you see the train in the outside loop then on the inside loop.!....and you just sit there and watch...I was also powering the switches with there own power transformer....can any one help?.....thank you in advance.....Pat
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Page 8 in this Lionel document:
https://www.lionelsupport.com/...ents/72-4062-250.pdf
I have switches set up like this on my home layout so I can do a full run from an inside reversing loop,
then all the way around the outside main line, then back to an inside reversing loop at the opposite end of the layout. Takes a little trial and error to wire up but after that the route switches automatically.
On the 027 switches I have I did that by wiring the two terminals together wire a two wire cable, the terminals are the ones that don't have the metal piece.
Lee Fritz
The OP's other question was about powering the 027 switches directly from a transformer. Is that possible? Allan Miller's getting started book says 027 switches don't have that feature.
MarkVB posted:The OP's other question was about powering the 027 switches directly from a transformer. Is that possible?
"Unlike their bigger brother, the "O" gauge switch, the 027 switch is designed to receive its power from variable track voltage and works best between 10 to 14 volts. It does not have a "fixed voltage" tap... ...that is unless you perform this very simple, modification."
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