I have the same problem with a Shinohara double crossover. If I can say this without being sued I tell everyone that the Shinohara double crossover is an electrical disaster. Allan is more polite but his message is the same.

Anyway, my solution was to create a separate electrical section for the crossover and feed it through an automotive light bulb (as Allan suggests). I also provide power from a booster or automatic circuit breaker that has a delay in the short circuit protection so that the bulb will work reliably. (See my other post from a few months ago in another sction of this Q&A piece.) The result is that while the affected train may stop or jerk as it goes through the crossover, the rest of the layout is unaffected.

Hope this helps.

Dale Gloer Also, you might want to talk to Digitrax about your DH121s. Some early ones had problems with power interruptions. Digitrax replaced one of mine for htis reason.

-- Dale Gloer (dgloer@ca.ibm.com), November 06, 2000