LionChief locomotives and tube track

Hi Walter - I'm not sure about 27" switches, but here's a video of my brand new LionChief GP38 #2085 backing very slowly through KLine O42 and Marx O34 tubular O27-profile switches.  Beautiful!  You have to modify the Marx switches (add a guide rail) to make them reliable for most engines - not just LionChief.

(The #2085 says minimum 31", so in my case I wouldn't try a 27" switch.)

On the forum you'll find important info that the center pickup rollers on postwar locos can get caught on the manual O27 Marx switch - and easy work-arounds like adding a track pin to bridge the gap.  But again that has nothing to do with LionChief.

https://ogrforum.com/...7#154307984399793977

Thank you!

cheers

walter

Not sure if it's the radius you are concerned about, but I run a LionChief set on Super O under the tree for about 6 hours a day from about now through 1/1. No issues.

What I’ve heard from others is some modern LionChiefs derail going thru tublar switches

I have three with one on the way... a mix of LionChief Plus and LionChief Plus 2.0 running on a completely tubular "O" layout, with both O-22 and the 90's 031 switches.  No issues.

Jon