Short circuit

A direct electrical connection between the two poles, for example caused by a derailed wheel or a wrongly closed reversing loop. The power supply then cuts out.

Dutch

kortsluiting

German

Kurzschluss

Articles using this term

• DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
• Mixing Märklin and two-rail: why it does not work
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
• The figure eight: crossing or bridge?
• Locomotive stalls on the frog
• The dogbone: a long run on a narrow baseboard
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit

See also

• Polarity
• Reversing loop
• Derailment