Crossing lights

Hey Mike, really enjoying your progress. Your crossing lights look like MTH. I think my picture is opposite of yours, but should help. White wire on the left.

Thanks John, I take it there is just a red power and black ground wire going in. I can't really tell from that angle.

I'll get you another picture shortly. I already put it back together.

Hard to get a good picture. Wires don’t move well. I have a white wire just like yours now😉

John, I am so sorry! But thank you for the extra photo! Do you know if there is a diagram of how to hook it up to the track?

If as John says you have the MTH crossing signal 30-11006 just apply AC-common to Black, and Accessory AC to Red.

That will work. It looked like you only need to reattach the red, so that goes right under the white, at the diode. If you are using an insulated rail, hook the black to that. I have two sets of these on insulated rail, but I run them on 12vdc.

Hi John, as you might remember I am slow at this. So would I split the black wire and run it to both ends of the isolated track?

Mike, attach the black wire from the signal anywhere on the isolated section of rail. Train wheel-sets will short the isolated rail to the other (grounded) outside rail, thus creating a current path. The red wire goes to accessory hot and you have a completed circuit and blinking away they go!

I recently installed a Lionel grade crossing with lights:

Thanks Lew, here is my dilemma, where the light is going is right between 2 "Y"s and a lift section. I will go out and take a couple photos so it's easier to understand.

Hi Lew, here are a couple photos.

Mike, you have one outside rail grounded and the other is isolated by the cuts for the lift-out. The black wire from the crossing signal needs attached to that isolated outer rail (and accessory hot connected to the red wire) and you are good to go. That is all there is to it.

I have the same situation as you do with a siding not protected by my crossing lights (where the locomotive is in the pic). In this scenario the Conductor flags that grade crossing which adds complexity to Operations. Also a train cannot block either grade crossing for an extended period of time and that adds operating complexity as well.

Thanks for all the information, I am headed out to see what I can do! Thanks again!

Well, I went out and wired it up. AND it doesn't Flash. Back under the table it goes for now! LOL