Hello,
I would like to build a crossover so an American Flyer can cross over some O gauge track. I have both S and O gauge, but just love my flyer stuff, have little room and want my Flyer, Lionel and Marx trains sharing a layout.
Has anyone attempted this? I have bought a number of O gauge crossovers to mangle up while trying to build a few S & O gauge crossovers.
Thanks,
Bob Nelson
I recently read an article on making one--but I can't remember where I saw it. The process was to take an MPC plastic-based 90 degree crossings, pull the center rail out of one of the routes, remove the metal plates which provie continuity, and saw down the middle of the now-two-rail route, cutting the thing in half. Remove enough material to allow you to glue the two pieces back together with the two rails in proper gauge for S. Use pieces of the discarded center rails to fill in some of the gaps on the diamond to allow for the S engines to maintain contact. Finally, use wires underneath to connect everything back together without letting the O and the S routes touch. I'd consider a permanent mount on a piece of wood.
A couple of pictures make the process easy to understand, but I don't know where to get them from. In any case, the process requires some careful measuring but no real fabrication of any kind.
nitroboy wrote:The latest and greatest CTT has just such an article!!!
Doh! I shoulda checked there first, of course. There it is on page 35. Thanks for the clue: I can't seem to afford them these days
Thanks a ton guys, I wasn't in the mood to destroy untold numbers of crossovers trying to get it right.
Now if only I could get Lionel and American Flyer to play nice....
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