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Old 03-02-2008, 10:39 AM
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Turnouts to throw power?

On my last layout I used turnouts to throw power to various sidings. Very convenient way to isolate an engine, etc. I'm a little ahead of myself now, but I noticed in Walther's catalog they state the their turnouts are fully insulated, frogs and points, for DCC operation. Does this mean I won't be able to use their turnouts as I did before to throw power? I'm planning on running straight DC since it'll be only me playing with the trains.
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Old 03-02-2008, 04:52 PM
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Hellq abutt1. Peco still has the powered frog turnout but any of the insulfrogs can be wired for power routing. It is just a matter of before the turnout is installed you have to run the wiring from the hot legs of the track (2 wires) to the points and then you will have power routing, but like I saidd earlier peco still has the electrofrog for power routing.
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Old 03-02-2008, 09:19 PM
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I think Walthers has them both ways too, you just have to check when ordering them.

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Old 03-03-2008, 09:11 AM
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Thanks guys...

Very helpful. One less thing to worry about.
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