Has anyone used the Lionel 153IR to throw a switch?
Ralph
I don’t know what the load capacity on the circuitry in the 153IR is. There is the possibility that you might fry the 153IR. It could probably be done using a relay but it would have to be a momentary contact type and not a sustained contact since throwing a switch only requires a momentay closing of the circuit. If left powered too long the switch selonoid can burn up.
Some turnouts will burn up (Lionel O27, Marx) and others (Lionel 022 and K-Line) won’t.