All my rolling stock has MT plastic wheelsets...problem solved. Let the stoning begin...:tb-tongue: .
I get it now I've got my brain in gear, I had gone off on the wrong train of thought. If you absolutely needed a reversing section shorter than your longest train you could solve the problem with a very short insulated section of rail to isolate the reversing section instead of just cutting a gap.
The way to prevent this would be to fill the gaps with sheet styrene, then the gap cannot be bridged by a metal wheel.
Fasure having a reversing section longer than your longest train is the foolproof solution. Smaller lengths will work if the rolling stock doesn't violate the design assumptions. At first I didn't know I had a problem until I switched to metal wheels. I switched over to metal wheels with resistors as part of my block detection circuitry. I would get intermittent short circuits when I ran a train longer than the reversing section. I extended the reversing section to include the block beyond the switch. This extension eliminated the short circuits. Nancy
