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geir		#1 Posted : 20 March 2024 17:23:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 02/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 80 Location: Hordaland, Bergen		Hi, have anyone tryed to make a contact track,similar to marklin 24995?.Just cut the rail on 2 places ,5 cm between ,with a thin cutting disc.Solder the cable on the isolated track piece.? The 24995 works great but are too expencive. The Marklin Contact Track 24994, is unstable and sometimes fails.Maybe due to dirt.


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kiwiAlan		#2 Posted : 20 March 2024 17:44:44(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: geir Hi, have anyone tryed to make a contact track,similar to marklin 24995?.Just cut the rail on 2 places ,5 cm between ,with a thin cutting disc.Solder the cable on the isolated track piece.? The 24995 works great but are too expencive. The Marklin Contact Track 24994, is unstable and sometimes fails.Maybe due to dirt. You don't need to cut the rail, just cut the links between the two rails under the track, and use the red C track insulators on the side you want to isolate. Then make the connection to the appropriate tab under the track, no soldering to the rail itself, which risks damaging the roadbed.


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geir		#3 Posted : 20 March 2024 21:04:02(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 02/03/2019(UTC) Posts: 80 Location: Hordaland, Bergen		Hi .I have cut the links between the two rails ,on many tracks and I use heat shrink tubings,to isolate the track.My favorite contact track is 24995 works great but are too expencive.The insulators are expencive too

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David Dewar		#4 Posted : 20 March 2024 21:29:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,343 Location: Scotland		I use circuit tracks for most events and not had any problems. They can be used in one or both directions.
		Take care I like Marklin and will defend the worlds greatest model rail manufacturer.

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garben		#5 Posted : 24 April 2024 16:25:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/01/2013(UTC) Posts: 128 Location: New York		Hello, I use the method outlined on page 6 of the attached Digital Newsletter. Very easy and works great. Hope this helps. Marklin Digital Newsletter Sept-Oct_Vol 27 No 2 2015.pdf (995kb) downloaded 38 time(s).
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