Who provides the best price on Atlas switches?
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I use Trainland and buy during one of their holiday sales.
Jan
Not a dig at Trainland, but pretty much all quality switches in O gauge... maybe it should be "O gouge"?
Good luck finding Atlas O Switches. Dealers can command a good price for new O-72 switches. I plan to get some Ross Switches. My #5 Atlas O have spots where some engines have difficulty going through them.
ModelTrainStuff and Charles Ro have pretty good prices on Atlas switches.
I second Modeltrainstuff/MB Klein Inc. I picked up a O72 switch for $75.
Charles Ro Supply Company - O72 switches - 73.95
I just received 6 of them on Friday.
Both Charlie Ro and Nassau Hobbies have excellent prices. Both highly recommended for Atlas track.
Just a heads up. Make sure they are in stock. I spent a year on backorder with one supplier listed above. I ran out of time and had to go to EBay and purchase 14 separately.
Also, there are 3 versions (age) out there with differences in isolating frogs, which I am sure will be important for anti-derail isolation (insulators). I ended up with a few older ones without the exposed wires to cut to isolate the frogs. Last gen. Is best.
you can get more info on the different versions by searching this forum. If you find them without atlas switch machines, I have new available. About 14.
Thanks to everyone who responded!
Jeff
@Bryant Dunivan 111417 what are the easiest spotting features of the 3 versions? Any chance you could post a link to that thread on the Forum? Thanks!