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I have been a long time lurker on this forum, and  I have finally decided to go back and build another railroad.   I have mnay buildings, some scratch built, and many pieces of electrical equipement  from all manufacturers. I want to install Rail king's crossing gate but since I am usisng Atlas track I am limited in how to activate the gate.  I would like to make the gate come down using only an insulated rail as with the Lionel gates.  But all the instructions I can find tell me to use a TAD or a relay.  I would like to avoid both of these.  Can MTH Rail King crossing gate be activated by only using an insulated rail?  Thank you in advance for any help that might be offered. 

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If you are talking about the 30-11012 crossing gates, using an MTH TAD, ITAD, or Lionels' ITAD or a relay is the only way to make the gates operate correctly. The easiest(and cheapest) is the relay. the coil is wired to an auxiliary(12VDC) supply(+) and the insulated rail . the  (-) of the aux supply goes to the common rail. The gate is wired to the relay contacts(white to NO, yellow to NC, and blue to the common contact). This is how I wired the gates I put on my sister's layout--- on mine, i use the ITAD's.

 

This is, as far as I know the only way to wire this crossing gate up.

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