Track section

An electrically separated stretch of track that can be powered, switched or monitored separately.

Dutch

baanvak

German

Gleisabschnitt

Articles using this term

• Rail joiners and joints: current and alignment
• DCC and Märklin Motorola: digital protocols
• DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
• Analogue or digital control?
• Sectional track or flexible track: which should you choose?
• The double slip: when you need one
• Sidings and buffer stops: why and where
• Train runs jerkily: dirty track or wheels
• How much space do you need for a Piko A-Gleis layout?
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Hidden staging and fiddle yards: trains out of sight
• Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
• Roco geoLine or Roco Line: the differences side by side
• Locomotive stalls on the frog
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit
• Märklin C track or Märklin K track: the differences side by side

See also

• Isolation gap
• Block signalling
• Feeder point