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[quote user="tstage"] <p>Does anyone know offhand whether a #6 Fast Track turnout can be "trimmed" down to 9" in length? Or, would that be pushing it too much? The reason for asking is that I have two Atlas Snap turnouts coming off my mainline and I'd like to swap them out for something larger.</p><p>From the Fast Track templates, a #5 should drop right in. However, I was wondering if there was enough "extra" material on both straight ends of a #6 turnout that it couldn't be whittled down to 9" long overall. My concern would be that a piece of track connected to the non-point end of the turnout would not have enough railroad tie clearance away from the diverging track. (I hope that makes sense.) </p><p>Anyhow, thanks for the help...</p><p>Tom</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>I don't know about length; however a #5 is not a drop in for an Atlas Snap Switch. I have replaced three snap switches with # 4.5 and it has been a "major" chore on each one. The following picture is Fast Tracks # 4.5 laid on top of Atlas Snap switches.</p><p>[IMG]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n123/Alan_B/042707-006_r.jpg[/IMG]</p><p> </p>
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