PrairieKnight
Active Member
I am starting to build a 2 X 8 section to add onto my current 4 X 8. The 2 X 8 will be a yard. I used Atlas remote turnouts #540 and #541 on the 4 X 8. I have some extra of these Atlas remote turnouts for the 2 X 8. I plan on staying with the #540s and #541s but not the remote type. I plan on using Caboose ground throws instead of wiring the remote turnouts. I use NCE DCC. My question concerns feeder wires and turnouts. For the yard on the 2 X 8 I am plan to use a "Ladder" type turnout configuration on both ends of the yard. In one series of the Ladder type configuration I have four turnouts in a row. Should I place feeder wires (Atlas rail joiner type) between the turnouts? I plan on having feeders on each of the tracks that are attached to the turnouts. Just wondering if those will be enough to supply sufficient power as the locomotive moves through the ladder of turnouts.