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Hello everybody,

I finally got my track laid and I am trying it out  and having a very frustrating time  with  some switches  shorting when the train runs over them. Right now it is happening on one of my post war 07 2 witches. Everything is ok when I turn my track power on, cab 1 Lionel controller and using a Lionel T1 duplex engine. When the engine runs over to track the switch goes in between curved and straight and when I try to straighten it out it buzzes like crazy and wants to stay in that shorted position. If I turn the power off and then on again everything is ok until an engine runs over the track and the same thing happens. When it is in a shorted mode  I cannot turn it in One Direction  but I can turn it in another Direction without buzzing. . It happened on one switch and I replaced it and that switch seems to be ok and now it started on another switch. What in the world is going on ?????? Please help so I can get this layout working finally.

Much thanks, Jerry

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There is no such thing as a post-war (1945-1969) O-72 switch... Lionel made pre-war switches with O-72 curves in tubular (Lionel 711) and T-Rail (Lionel 731). In the modern era, a tubular O-72 switch was made in O22 style , the 65165 series. Sounds like it could be the anti-derailing feature - first thing to check is that you've got the insulators in place as appropriate and the controllers wired up correctly.

Manual:

https://www.lionelsupport.com/...ents/70-5165-250.pdf

 

Note the insulated pins are on different rails on the 022 switches (in download below) and 072 switches (in bmoran4's link above).

A very handy booklet for postwar wiring has a link posted under the OGR Forum topic ELECTRICAL REFERENCE MATERIALS & MANUALS .  Here's the same link for Dad's 1954 copy of Lionel Trains and Accessories .    Download and see page 26 for Switch installations.

Jerry, how many transformers are you using?  If more than one, are they phased?

 

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