Lionel 072 switch track

John;

Don’t have any spare parts, but it would be very helpful to all here if you could post the part number/type track you are using. A picture would also help.

If yours is a Lionel O72 switch made circa 1990, you have my blessings.  They had a lot of issues!  I actually put one in the trash to avoid passing frustration on to someone else in the hobby!  Ross makes replacement switches with the same footprint.  If I were building a layout with tubular, that's what I would use.  Life is too short to drink bad wine!

What if it was made circa 2015?

Mike

I have no experience with the 2015 production.  After my struggle with the circa 1990 versions, I pretty well gave up on Lionel's tubular switches.  Plenty of issues with them are discussed here on the Forum, but the year of production isn't always stated in the thread.  I guess I'm not patient enough to separate the sheep from the goats!