In Steve Monson's article on building switches in the June 2009issue, there was an error on page 47. In the table called "Raillengths (inches)," the entry for #5 closure/point rails should read"16 3/4." We regret this error and any inconvenience it may havecaused.
Rene Schweitzer
Classic Toy Trains/Garden Railways/Model Railroader
I'm going to try to build my first turnouts and this article is a great start. One question. My 1:20.3 logging railroad has AMS code 250 Flextrackand the plans call for code 332. Is there a good resource for converting the plans or are there code 250 versions available?
Any feedback is welcome.
The foot and head widths (which are the critical dimensions, not the height) tend to be the same (or very close) on code 332 and code 250 rail. Given that, a switch built with code-250 rail can be built in the same way as code 332 rail, as described in the article.
Rene, thank you for the advise. I look forward to starting this phase. This will be interesting to see how my turnouts...well..turn out. Agian, thanks.
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