CTT's Question & Answer of the Week - August 26, 2005

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Jumijo

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From: New England
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Posted by Jumijo on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:00 PM

I'm sure just about everyone has a story about switches. I'll file Chief's experience away for future use. Thanks, Chief!

Jim

Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale

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ChiefEagles

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From: Rolesville, NC
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:22 PM

Thanks JAABAT. I have a Lionel 042 switch that caused arching when a lighted car passed over it slowly and one of my conventional engies would "trip" the E Unit. I found that the center powered rail portion was contacting the part of the outer frog and the angle of the center rail was wrong. I bent up the bottom part of the center rail and also raised the track a little on the approach to the switch. Cured it. Lionel is not too good at building their switches.

God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville Laugh , KC&D Qualified Cowboy

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Jumijo

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From: New England
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CTT's Question & Answer of the Week - August 26, 2005

Posted by Jumijo on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:00 PM

From the pages of CLASSIC TOY TRAINS magazine, Ray L. Plummer and the CTT staff offer a Question & Answer of the week.

Trouble with the switches. O-42 right hand switch (no. 1124R) derailing a 4-6-4 Hudson.

http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/006/129kstra.asp

Jim

Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale

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