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Last post 02-17-2008 9:55 PM by Dave Farquhar. 2 replies.

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02-17-2008 8:34 PM

c-burke9

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lionel 1121 switches

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Do the 1121 switch have the auto derailling function? I would like to do double switch back and be able to run the large fange wheel Marx's engines.

02-17-2008 9:18 PM

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ivesboy

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Re: lionel 1121 switches

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No, they do not, however the 1122 does.

02-17-2008 9:55 PM

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Dave Farquhar

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Re: lionel 1121 switches

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You can control 1121s with an insulated track section, but when I tried to use them with fat-wheel Marx engines I was disappointed. The engines still bounce on one leg of the switch when they go in one particular direction. The bounce isn't enough to cause a derailment every time, but it happens enough to be irritating. I did a Christmas layout one year that was two double-reverse loops using Lionel 1121s, and if I ran a Marx locomotive on it, it would always run into a problem within about 10 minutes. I scrapped the layout and sold the 1121s.