Is there such a thing as a Gargraves to tubular insulating pin? I've been laboriously shaving down Lionel insulating pins on one end to fit Gargraves track, and that's getting to be pretty old....
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Nothing commercial available.
I used American Flyer insulating pins for Gargraves track.
Would those work to mate regular Lionel tubular with Gargraves? Nothing commercially available for that express purpose - do we have any entrepreneurs out there????
@Scott Finley posted:Would those work to mate regular Lionel tubular with Gargraves?
No.
Tomorrow, I would call Gargraves and ask them if they have anything.
I sent an email to them a while ago - I will post what I hear back!
If no such pin is available. I would cut a slot in the Gargraves rail a few ties from the track joint using a Dremel with a cut off wheel. Then find a snug fitting piece of styrene that wedges in there and glue it in place. Cut it off at rail height and then file it to contour with the rails.
@Jim M Sr posted:Is this what you’re looking for?
Only if those are non-conductive pins.
Search for: Gargraves Item 800 Insulating Track Pins
EDIT: i just realized that you meant Gargraves to Lionel 
oops
Could someone 3-D print them?
I think this subject has been discussed a while back here:
https://ogrforum.com/...h-to-gargraves-track
(personally, I like the 'toothpick fix', have used it myself for the same situation)
Gargraves did offer insulating pins in the past, but not sure if they are still available. They had a sort of reverse hour glass shape with a collar in the middle to prevent the jointed rails from touching each other. I still have a few.
@Scott Finley posted:Gargraves to tubular insulating pins?
Is there such a thing as a Gargraves to tubular insulating pin?
@Conductor Earl posted:Gargraves did offer insulating pins in the past, but not sure if they are still available...
The GarGraves #800 pins are readily available.
The GarGraves #800 pins will not provide a clean transition from GarGraves to tubular.
one thing I tried that sort of works is to use side cutters to snip off the short end of a Lionel fiber pin. The gargraves or ross track just sort of bumps into the face of the pin (does not short) and spacing is workable.
Thank you all for chiming in! Here is what I received from Gargraves:
Sorry, we do not make an insulated conversion pin. We only make them for use with our track alone.
With the fact that all of our track's rails are individually insulated from each other with the wood ties, you can use our insulated pins at either end of a section of track, cut through the outside rail of the track in two spots at whatever length apart you want them and connect a wire in between to connect to your accessory.
You could also use our #111 Terminal & Accessory control section of which is the more expensive way to do it.
Or, I suppose one could cut a one inch section of Gargraves, use the steel mating pins to secure it to the Lionel tubular, then use the Gargraves to Gargraves insulating pins to attach your Gargraves track.
Several solutions, none of which are as simple as inserting a ready-made pin. So, the question remains, we can send a man to the moon and bring him back using 1969 technology, but we can't quickly insulate Gargraves from Lionel in 2022 without a bit of work.....
It is excellent that Gargraves Trackage Corp gave you such a rapid, personalized response.
Years ago when I mixed makes of track, I simply used round wooden toothpicks; they seemed to work just fine. Obviously they must now be considered crude by some of your standards. I just prefer spending my time (and money) enjoying my trains opposed to coming up with complex solutions to simple problems.
