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Beginner with questions |
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By: Nutmeg_Runner Date: December 2, 2023, 11:44 am |
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Greetings! My father stored a Lionel "O" gauge train set in my |
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attic for over 25 years, which has not been used in over 40 |
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years. I wish to try to set it up now. There are no instructions |
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with the set, are any available online or in this forum? I was |
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able to lay track out in a double loop with two 022 switches. My |
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recollection was the ZW transformer powered each loop separately |
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for two trains. I have checked for continuity between the rails |
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and there is continuity between the inner and outer rails but |
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not with the middle rail. So my question what is the point of |
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the insulating pins in the switches if they are only in the |
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inner rail? It would make more sense to me if they were in the |
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middle rail but welcome an explanation. The next question is how |
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to attach wiring to the track, specifically what are lock ons? I |
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have two special tracks with electrical screw posts and 5 rails |
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with a control switch presumably to unload logs from a car on |
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one. Are these lock ons? Tried to upload photo but upload |
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folder full. The box says remote control track set. Thank you in |
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advance. I did try searching but could not find answer to my |
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question. |
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Re: Beginner with questions |
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By: Nutmeg_Runner Date: December 2, 2023, 1:03 pm |
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sorry was not able to figure out how to edit above post. I found |
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an instruction manual online and lock ons in another box. I took |
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out the center pin at the switches to isolate the two loops. I |
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replaced with a toothpick in the center rail although I do not |
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think it is doing anything but maybe will help keep rails |
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aligned. I still do not understand purpose of fiber pins in |
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switches on ground rails on one side only. |
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