Replacing dead turnouts

摘要

Model railroaders are tinkerers, and there's satisfaction in making a recalcitrant component operational again. Other times, it's best to yank a problem out by the roots. This was one of those times. The Milwaukee, Racine & Troy has been around for 30 years, and some of the then-state-of-the-art Shinohara turnouts have reached end-of-life. This particular one is right on the main line, right in the middle of the layout. Every time someone tries to run a train through it,the locomotive comes to a screeching halt, unless it has a stay-alive circuit. If it's a sound-equipped locomotive, you have to wait for the engine start-up sequence before you can get going again.