Thanks for the responses, I was hoping improvements were the case.
Hadn't considered the Tortoise machines, as most are planned to be manual throws. May consider it if there is a hard to reach turnout.
Thanks again,
Richard
Atlas customline turnouts, both exit paths after the frog are powered no matter what the points setting. They are jumpered under the black pot-metal frog. No need to do anything to them.
Take Care!
Frank
I have not had that kind of problem with the few Atlas #6 turnouts on my layout, but if I were to do it again I would drive them with Tortoises instead of Atlas above-table machines, and I would power the frogs.
I've done this with all of my Walthers-Shinohara turnouts and they perform beautifully.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I previously asked about adding jump wires to Atlas Snap turnouts to avoid stalling. Though I haven't soldered any wires in, just putting the wires in place told me things were improved. Since the layout has a questionable lifespan, not sure if I will solder or not.
This question is: Do Atlas' #ed turnouts (4's and 6's) need the same wires installed to avoid stalling? Would be much easier to add them before putting the turnout on the layout.
Thank you for your thoughts.