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Re: Wiring Lionel Crossing Gate

I found out that when this happened to me that I needed to reverse the wire from the gate to the plate and the wire from the plate and to the track. Maybe this will work for you, I hope, since I am still learning. I now have collected 4 train sets and one has to have it own track and power supply while the others I can interchange freely. I just don't have the room anyway to run all 4 at the same time, so I run my 2 favorites. Though my favories change.

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ChGeor9
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The connection on the right side is the "Common". The two on the left side are a "Normally Open (N/O)" and a "Normally Closed (N/C)".

It sounds like you have your crossing connected to the "N/C" terminal on the left side, so it is constantly powered until a train goes by. Move that wire to the "N/O" terminal, so power is only applied when a train goes by and closes the contact, and everything should work fine.

-- Len Head Rust Scraper KL&B Eastern Lines RR Museum

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