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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Rick Bradley</i> <br /><br />im sorry i have mislead you guys, i had purchased these switches on Ebay, i had got them for 10.00, thought i had got great deal. So there is no hope for these thing huh..[V] ok well on to the next great learning experience, Thank you so much for your help, advice and those awesome sites. This has been the first time to use this site for advice, and i must say it has been most educational, so i think i'll check here before the next ebay "WOW" super deal purchase[;)] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Hold on Rick. Are these brass rails? If so... [:(] Brass is difficult to keep clean. Old timers used hair clipper oil on brass rail to slow down the oxidizing. <br /> <br />If Nickel Silver... [:D] <br /> <br /> If you have the Atlas Nickel Silver Custom Line Turnouts or Super Switch you got a great deal. Usually they sell for around $14 - $16. And I don't consider them to be junk. With a little careful painting to kill the plastic shine and weather th rails, they look very good. <br /> Also Atlas made turnouts called Snap Switches, which was designed for their sectional track. Well they do leave a lot to be disired for prototype looks, but they are still selling for more than $10. <br /> <br /> Ned mention Atlas turnout "KITS", but I think those would be very very rare and worth something to an Atlas collector. Try reselling them on eBay as such. <br /> <br /> So don't take what I said the wrong way. I didn't mean to bum you out. I thought you just didn't like the plastic ties and wanted to know if it was possible to replace them with real wood ties. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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