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Well... where to begin? I have used LGB switches for a year and a half on my layout so far and so have personal experience with them and their wiring. The nice thing about them is that the switches do work fairly well except that the begginning is hard if you balast them but after a few weeks of constant use all the balast stops getting in the way and they work well. They are built fairly well and are easily enough to work with. I have found however, that all of the problems in running trains on my layout come from those LGB switches. I have recently decided to use Sunset Valley switches in all of my new areas being constructed, and will then go back and replace the LGB switches that are currently in place. I decided this because the Sunset Valley turnouts are the same price (for the kit) and are #6. The larger the turnout the better as everything goes smoother. Those come highly reccomended by everyone I have every met that uses them. I'm then planning to use all my old LGB switches in my logging camp where my shay and climax will be used primarily (and hopefully a heisler in the future!) so having the larger radius is not nearly as much of a problem. If you are running large engines and 6 axled diesels, then the smaller radii could cause you issues. I run one SD40-2 and it always has problems on my LGB switches. I do think that LGB released a new switch with a much larger radius, but have not looked into them because i have found the Sunset Valley turnouts to be of such a high quality. The Sunset Valley also look more realistic (if you care), but the LGB does not in any way look bad. As for the pneumatic remote control, I storngly agree that switches in hard to reach locations should be remote, and I am eventually planning on having all of my switches hooked up for air control as the Del-aire system has also come very highly reccomended to me. Good luck with your decision and I hope I have helped more than babbled!
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