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Tortoise switch and crossing arms
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Sperandeo
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January 2001
From: US
1,300 posts
Posted by
Sperandeo
on Friday, August 8, 2003 10:20 AM
Hello Jeff,
Look up "Slow-action crossing gates," by Gordon Odegard, in the November and December 1987 issues of MODEL RAILROADER. (Photocopies of articles from out-of-print back issues can be ordered from customerservice@kalmbach.com.) Gordy showed how to use one Tortoise to activate a pair of gates on opposite sides of the track. He installed the mechanism with scratchbuilt gates and signals, also covered in the articles, on our old MR&T club railroad,. It worked perfectly for three years – until we moved and dismantled that layout.
so long,
Andy
Andy Sperandeo MODEL RAILROADER Magazine
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Sperandeo
Member since
January 2001
From: US
1,300 posts
Posted by
Sperandeo
on Friday, August 8, 2003 10:20 AM
Hello Jeff,
Look up "Slow-action crossing gates," by Gordon Odegard, in the November and December 1987 issues of MODEL RAILROADER. (Photocopies of articles from out-of-print back issues can be ordered from customerservice@kalmbach.com.) Gordy showed how to use one Tortoise to activate a pair of gates on opposite sides of the track. He installed the mechanism with scratchbuilt gates and signals, also covered in the articles, on our old MR&T club railroad,. It worked perfectly for three years – until we moved and dismantled that layout.
so long,
Andy
Andy Sperandeo MODEL RAILROADER Magazine
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Javern
Member since
November 2001
From: US
732 posts
Tortoise switch and crossing arms
Posted by
Javern
on Thursday, August 7, 2003 8:51 PM
anyone have home made plans for connecting a tortoise switch to crossing arms?
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Javern
Member since
November 2001
From: US
732 posts
Tortoise switch and crossing arms
Posted by
Javern
on Thursday, August 7, 2003 8:51 PM
anyone have home made plans for connecting a tortoise switch to crossing arms?
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