Use an LED to indicate turnout direction

Use an LED to indicate turnout direction

By Steven Otte, Associate Editor | January 12, 2023

If you use a switch motor to control your turnouts, it’s easy to hook up a signal to it

A small panel next to a model railroad turnout has a toggle switch and two red and green LEDs

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