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Title: DC Layout with Common Rail Wiring
Post by: DClifton on September 25, 2023, 01:20:42 PM
I have the book "Wiring Your Model Railroad" but have a question not answered there.  I am planning a DC layout, two cabs and isolated blocks on the layout.  If two trains are running simultaneously on isolated oval rail lines, and I stop cab A, switch it to reverse, did I just slam cab B with a voltage reversal?  Is the only solution to not use a common ground?
Title: Re: DC Layout with Common Rail Wiring
Post by: jward on September 25, 2023, 09:03:47 PM
Both cabs will operate independently of each other. One cab is not affected by the other cab's polarity.
Title: Re: DC Layout with Common Rail Wiring
Post by: DClifton on September 27, 2023, 10:59:09 AM
Thank you.
Title: Re: DC Layout with Common Rail Wiring
Post by: trainman203 on September 27, 2023, 11:06:18 AM
A flashback to the Model Railroad Jurassic. I haven't heard of this stuff since I was a teenage Model Railroader.