3rail Stub Switch | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

AttorneyvanOGR Forum Member

Has anyone built a 3-Rail Stub Switch? Do you have plans, pictures, etc?

8/27/224:21 PM

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JanOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

You did to look at 2-rail techniques.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=...h_ysqTz2Cpe50Ogt09OB

https://www.google.com/url?sa=...Nc_0xHuB5pHFz1jxL4JM

https://www.google.com/url?sa=...v5cdyc9o0lmSZ4xiFX2O

Here's some pictures of a 2/3-rail stub turnout. Note that the center rail does not move.

https://swaseys.com/products/o...riant=33135918088251

Jan

GG1 4877OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Stub switches date to Civil War era railroading. Curious to hear what you are modeling.

Arthur P. BloomOGR Forum Member

Jonathan: I think mine railways and other narrow-gauge industrial applications use stub switches, even today.

GG1 4877OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@Arthur P. Bloom posted:
Jonathan: I think mine railways and other narrow-gauge industrial applications use stub switches, even today.

True! I had not thought of that. Makes the question even more interesting!

AttorneyvanOGR Forum Member

GG1,

I am modeling post-war Lionel - O gauge. I was thinking about the stub switch to provide more realistic yard spacing. I don’t have the funds to outright purchase Ross or Gargraves options.

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