ross non derail question

Ross Ready and non-derailing topic discussion.

With the Ross switches I have there is a small plastic piece called a frog and from there the track section(outside rail) can be insulated with the Gargraves insulating pin to next track section and then wired in parallel to the switch control. You will have to add the wire yourself to the switch.

Lee Fritz

I'm  assuming your Ross switches have DZ-1000 switch machines.  Use the rail mentioned above by Lee and yes you can leave a car on the insulated section with out it Buzzing.   The DZ machines have a limit switch and cut  switch power after the turnout is thrown... You could even make the insulated section longer if you wanted to.

When wiring the layout I like to feed both outside rails so the long continuous rail on the switch(turnout)  will always be common.  

I also like to power both outside rails with my Gargraves track as sometimes a track section can get dirty and not give the full power needed so having both outside rails powered helps to overcome that issue. 

Hey GREGG that is interesting to know about the DZ-1000 switch motors.

Lee Ffritz

You CAN cut the track, if you want to. It's no biggie to do that. I used a Dremel but a simple hacksaw would be fine too.

But, you don't HAVE to cut the track! Just use an insulated rail connector. Or even just leave a gap.

I detailed how I did mine in this thread: https://ogrforum.com/t...09#70693071014791809