Sure are, a lot of chef's in the kitchen, trying to make this simple layer cake!
Stripe
richhotrain This is all kind of pointless with the OP feeding us little or no information. I hate threads like this one. Rich
This is all kind of pointless with the OP feeding us little or no information.
I hate threads like this one.
Rich
That was 48 hours ago. It bears repeating.
Alton Junction
Sometimes there is a VERY EASY way to fix this! On Atlas turnouts, usually it's an inside diverging rail that loses power underside the turnout, near where it hinges. If this is the case, on the topside (no need to remove turnout) make a small "V" shaped spring out of stiff, springy wire, and wedge it between the dead rail and the adjacent rail that has power. The spring will be on the outside of one rail, but the inside of the other, so it must be small wire. Paper clip, wire bristles from a stiff wire brush, and sometimes a "hairpin" or "bobby pin" will work. No solder, no drilling, done in minutes. TIP! Do you have any old VHS video tapes you don't want? TAKE THEM APART! There are SPRINGS, SCREWS, SPACERS, and all kinds of stuff in there that can be used to fabricate stuff!!
Mike C.
We used to take rail joiners that were in bad shape and cut wedges out of them and slide them into place on the turnouts. Then we would solder the far ends to the rails so there was a connection between the stock rails and the closure rails. Some of these tabs have been in place for over 25 years on the club's layout and they still work!
Carey
Keep it between the Rails
Alabama Central Homepage
Nara member #128
NMRA &SER Life member