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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by lesterperry I am developing a problem with Atlas switches. I have many many many of them. The rails are loosing contenuity. I guess that is what you would call it. They are loosing thier electric. The rails that move are dead, the short rail on the divergeing track is dead. I have been soldering a fine wire from the rivot which the movable rail is attached to and takeing it to the rail before the switch to get power. But this is a pain in the ##@@**. Am I the only one with this problem and is there an easier way to solve it. I am not buying any more Atlas switches. Going Peco 100% they don't do this. [/quote] My tiny layout has only 8 atlas switches, but I haven't had much problem with any of them. I did lose continuity on at least one, and found that I had to solder a short wire, run between two ties, to fix that. I don't recall exactly what part of the turnout failed, it could have been anything since I have multiple blocks, and each block has only one feeder. In other words, the fact that the fixed rails of each switch are soldered to the next track doesn't guarantee there will be power there. This problem appeared soon after all the track was spiked down, and I haven't had any problems since.
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