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Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:11:56 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@ihatespamNOVERA.COM
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Frank Filz wrote:
> Model railroader's use this form of cheap isolation all the time (except
> those who use Atlas Snap Track - it has jumpers underneath across the
> points so that all rails are powered - note that the frog is insulated
> to prevent shorts).
One of several reasons why I switched from Snap Track turnouts to Custom
Line when I was about 13... would that I had switched from brass to
nickel silver at the same time and you all might never have been plagued
by my presence here, nickel silver is so much less subject to oxidation.
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| (...) Of course for many isolation purposes, one rail is sufficient. In fact, in most model railroad wiring, one rail is left connected throughout the layout as a ground. The problem with trying to do this with LEGO trains is that there is no (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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