Isolation gap

An electrical break in a rail or centre conductor, so two stretches of track can be powered or switched separately.

Dutch

isolatie

German

Trennstelle

Example

For Märklin C track, 74030 is a set of ten centre-conductor insulators.

Articles using this term

• Rail joiners and joints: current and alignment
• DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
• Analogue or digital control?
• Mixing Märklin and two-rail: why it does not work
• Sidings and buffer stops: why and where
• Double oval: two trains at once
• Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit

See also

• Insulated rail joiner
• Isolating track
• Track section
• Reversing loop