how do you make a secondary line of model railroad track off of the main track to store a train on your layout?

Question by pokemon rocks: how do you make a secondary line of model railroad track off of the main track to store a train on your layout?
i know how to make one but how do you cut off the electricity to the secondary one so that the stored train does not move when running a train on the main track

Best answer:

Answer by Matthew
You have to electrically insulate one of the rails on both ends, and attach a switch like this to turn the power on and off to the control rail:

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/150-205

You can order this from any place that sells non-Lionel trains.

If you have any further questions, drop me an email at:

rboxfan@yahoo.com

Hope This Helps,

Matthew J. Moellendorf
Sturgeon Bay, WI

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