I am interested in the remote o72 fastrack switches, but they are STUPID expensive. I wonder if I made a giant mistake going fastrack.
Are ross switches significantly cheaper, but of as good or better quality? I balk at the idea of spending $1000 or more on a handful of o72 remote fastrack switches. @triplex had mentioned going ross switches and different track, and I am wondering, should I just relegate the fastrack for time with the kids, and the more permanent solution on the benchwork ross switches and phantom rail?
I have no idea. I wanted first and foremost for the kids to have fun, and to have easy to pull apart and put back together rail for fun by all (we have MTH fastrack trestle set, lit 30" silver bridge, elevated set, x intersection, and all 072 fastrack curves and a mix of lots of 10" straights and some half curves and mixed tiny straights).
I don't think I have spent too much that investing in phantom rail and ross switches is out of the picture, but it needs to be price competitive! I am running a huge allegeheny (hits the track friday night for the first time!) so the huge arcs are needed, but I don't want to go larger than 072...
Thanks guys!