Adding a turnout on Gargraves

i am assuming your talking of the rail pins seeing as gargraves is electrically isolated all 3 rails a easy to do just insert rail pins in all 3 rails insert the switch then for electric a separate wire drop for all three sides of switch. I'm also assuming this is a ross switch?

 does that help?

   $oo

It's actually a pretty simple process:

1. Cut out and remove the section of track where the turnout is going to be placed. This should be equal to the length of the straight leg of the turnout.
2. loosen the remaining track so it can be lifted up to give you about 1/2" of clearance on either side of the turnout. If the track is ballasted, you'll have to remove the ballast pretty far back and scrape any remnants from the benchwork or the track won't re-seat properly.
3. Put track pins in the ends of the existing track and bend them down slightly.
4. Lift up the existing ends and insert the pins into the switch.
5. Press downward and the pins should seat into the switch and track ends.
6. Align everything.
7. Re-fasten the track.

Hope this helps.

Gargraves also makes flat track connector "pins" for this situation:

http://www.gargraves.com/accessories.html

(the 910-4 connectors shown near the top).

Using these connectors, after you cut out your track section, you insert these into the existing track.  Then you can just press your new switch down onto the connectors - no need to lift up the existing track.

Also with Gargraves make sure that you have power to the switch siding and the straight thru, both center rail and outside rail. Check the switch to make sure that the center rail power goes thru!

This may not be an issue any longer on the new switches by Gargraves, but I have had a few older Gargraves 072 switches that the center rail was not hooked-up to re-distibute any power, even to the straight side of the switch.

Lee F.