I have a small oval and a rather large modified dogbone which come close to each other and run parallel for several feet. Each track will be operated from a separate power supply. At this point in time I am not running DDC. I am planning on installing four (4) Kato #6 turnouts such that the trains will be able to go from the loop to the dogbone and vice versa. Since I am running two power supplys I will be installing isolation joints between the switches. With this arrangement when a train crosses from one track to the other it will be momentarily bridging between two power sources. Could this be a problem?
Also I thought that I had a brilliant idea earlier this evening. I thought that I could save a lot of money by installing a Kato Double Crossover instead of four switches. I do not know how these are arranged electrically, but I am assuming that both parallel sections are electrically connected. If so is there an easy way to isolate one track from the other?
Thanx,
Fred - W3FH2000








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