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Re: Parts I wish TLC made
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Mon, 5 May 2003 07:09:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, David Laswell writes:
> Now, if they made a switching track that had three full ties removed
> from the switched track, you'd still be able to pull off the same half-loop
> shape by adding in one more section of curved track, but I don't think you'd
> still be able to link two switching tracks together to make a parallel
> siding anymore, since it'd have the effect of removing one full tie from
> each set of jumper tracks on your custom setup. The extension plate for the
> switch mechanism sticks out far enough that it might conflict with the ties
> on the opposite track, and even if it doesn't, it'd put the throw switch
> awfully close to any trains running down the opposite tracks.
If I understand the concern above correctly, using the switches like this
does not effect the usage of regular switches to make sidings and such if
the switches that are modified are used together to make a true crossover. I
hope it's ok to post this link to an auction I ran, it's already closed,
with no bids, or interest it seems. The auction was for 4 switches that were
permanently attached together to make two crossovers, one left hand and one
right hand. Anyway it shows a few more examples of layouts you can make when
you use modified switches. Included is a photo of a siding with a regular
switch on one end and a custom one on the other end.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3118455898
I first used switches modified like this on my Nova Township switching
layout in mid 1998. My site is no longer around, but I did give permission
to a website, whose URL I don't know, to host a few pictures and such from
it since I used Kadee couplers too. It generated some interest on RTL since
it was a true switching layout, though I think I scared the LEGO purists
with my modified switches and Kadee couplers glued to regular LEGO elements.
Jeff Christner
P.S. While I still haven't sold the switches, this post isn't intended to
draw attention to the fact I still have them or that I want to sell them. In
fact, I may rebuild a switching layout in the future. If I do decide to sell
them I may relist them a 3rd time. The link to the closed auction is simply
a quick way to show pictures of how modified switches can be useful.
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| Congrats on the 20,000th post to .trains! Wow, 20,000 posts! That's a lot of info. (...) I think it is OK to post such a link (to a closed auction) since it's for information use and you don't have a conventional site. In future if you do auction (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) *snip* (...) Hi Jeff - I remember your Nova switching yard site well. I have a bunch of O-scale Kadee couplers attached to LEGO plates based on your ideas from several years ago, and now I shudder because I showed them to John last weekend! (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Amusingly, your custom switch tracks appear to have the exact same spacing as the ones that John posted at the beginning of this thread. He appears to have dealt with the fragility problem by bridging the split with a 4x6 plate. Granted, it's (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Whoops. Not being a Train collector, I didn't actually realize that these were customized parts. I had to track down images of the switching rails and curved rails so I could count the ties (there are 5 missing between the switching tracks on (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.trains)
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