Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Routing power through the rails of a model railroad switch, also known as turnout and points, is tricky but simple once you understand the concepts.
All commercial switches, PECO, Atlas, Kato all follow these basic rules and offer different products to accommodate the needs of most modelers. But as they each offer different products we will look mostly at PECO and scratc-built turnouts.
Frog power, selective control, frog juicing, switch machine power control, and power through the points.
Routing power through the rails of a model railroad switch, also known as turnout and points, is tricky but simple once you understand the concepts.
All commercial switches, PECO, Atlas, Kato all follow these basic rules and offer different products to accommodate the needs of most modelers. But as they each offer different products we will look mostly at PECO and scratc-built turnouts.
Frog power, selective control, frog juicing, switch machine power control, and power through the points.
