I've been working on a new track plan for my steel-mill / freight-yard scene. While doing so I included a double slip turnout. My original thoughts turned naturally to a Peco one since those are the great majority of turnouts I am using on my layout.

I discovered a few things yesterday while inspecting things in a little more detail

location,..

In several threads I have seen gaps between frogs and points

my hand laid turnouts I'm starting to build are long curved ones, and I have soldered a lead to the frog , kept the points/wing rails whole, gapped the frog beyond the lead , and cut the foil on the pc throw bar. This will let the frog and both points be powered by the micro switch on the linkage, but only one point will be touching its stock rail.

Is there any reason to isolate the two points from each other? I requires two more wire connections.

I have a genesis gp 9 with a loksound v5 installed...i noticed recently the prime mover wont start while consisted...but it starts immediately if take it out if consist....i havent looked thru jmri yet for a possible cv fix...anyone have an idea how to fix this?

Looking for some input on programming an ESU decoder that was installed with a decoder buddy with the ESU LokProgrammer.  First time dealing with this set up.  I was having some issues getting my LEDs to stay solidly lit, they would flicker so I don't necessarily have them in "standard" assignments.  But here is where I'm at.  I have the headlights in the typical spots, AOf and AOr.  I have front and rear ditch lights wired in as follows:

Front Right Ditch Light - A4

Front Left Ditch Light - A2