Manual Switch

[BroadwayLion]

 

ROAR

[gmpullman]

Manual switch #2:

FPE_x_NS by Edmund, on Flickr

 

Model manual switch: )scaled for 1:1 human fingers)

IMG_7682 by Edmund, on Flickr

Cheers! Ed

 

[7j43k]

gmpullman

Model manual switch: )scaled for 1:1 human fingers)

IMG_7682 by Edmund, on Flickr

 

"Jeez.  This thing weighs a ton.  Maybe we better get the big hook over here to throw the switch.  I tole 'em to put in power switches, but does management listen to labor?  Anything to save a buck..........."

 

Ed 

[gmpullman]

7j43k

Anything to save a buck..........."

You had better have your steel toed shoes on when that weight flops over, too!

The poor 1:160 yardmen have an even greater challenge! Oh my aching back

Cheers! Ed

[chutton01]

7j43k

Model manual switch: (scaled for 1:1 human fingers)

IMG_7682 by Edmund, on Flickr

 "Jeez.  This thing weighs a ton."

I found that the N scale Caboose Hobby's ground throw switch stand works well with my HO Peco turnouts - plenty of throw length for the job. Note that the N scale stand model itself seems to be only 20-25% smaller than it's HO counterpart, but it still looks a lot better than using the HO model (this idea was not mine actually, I read it in a few places over the years).