I'm on the hunt for the PRR signal bridge. Which is better the Z stuff or the MTH? Either one I would get would be wired to show turnout position from my fastrack switches. Not sure which to go with. Any thoughts?
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I have two of the MTH bridges. They look and they look and work great. They are larger than scale but not so much that you really notice. The Z-Stuff bridge looks really nice and appears to be scale, or at least closer to scale. The big problem is that neither seem to be available anywhere except on eBay.
Yes, finding either is difficult. There is currently one MTH one on ebay for $80 plus $15 shipping and tax and ross has the Z stuff one on there site for $170. Which is about double the price of the MTH. I'm wondering if the sensors and the ABS construction is worth it over the die cast and not sensor equipped MTH one. The sensors don't do much since I'll wire them to my switches anyway.
Any of you guys have the z stuff bridge?
Die cast for half the price of plastic seems like a no brainer.
I'm sure a portion of the ZStuff is the integrated sensors. Your not interested in the sensors so what's the point of spending money on them.
I have an Mth bridge and I'm very happy with it. It's a nice sturdy piece and if you have gorilla hands like me you won't break it.
@RickO posted:Die cast for half the price of plastic seems like a no brainer.
I'm sure a portion of the ZStuff is the integrated sensors. Your not interested in the sensors so what's the point of spending money on them.
I have an Mth bridge and I'm very happy with it. It's a nice sturdy piece and if you have gorilla hands like me you won't break it.
Think my decision is easy. Mth. Now to find it for an alright price.
MTH plug in signal heads that you can add and rearrange.
Matt,
I have a brand new MTH signal bridge, which has never been on my layout. You can purchase it for $50.00 plus Priority Mail shipping if you would like it. My email address is in my profile
Tunnel Inn Mike
@Tunnel Inn Mike posted:Matt,
I have a brand new MTH signal bridge, which has never been on my layout. You can purchase it for $50.00 plus Priority Mail shipping if you would like it. My email address is in my profile
Tunnel Inn Mike
Email sent
I have a few of the MTH signal bridges waiting for the layout to be complete. I am going to see if I can add a couple of extra signal heads, they're supposed to be available now.
I hope so. I'll need a set.
There are a few bridges on ebay.
The MTH signal bridge is a copy of a PRR Lines West bridge and used about Pittsburgh and all tracks going west. The Plasticville bridge is a good scale model of the PRR Lines East bridge (if one removes the vertical members in the bridge truss). You can get working signal heads from Custom Signals or MTH. The Custom Signals line has been sold to Atlas and the excess inventory is for sale on ebay. People of spliced the Plasticville bridge to span as many as 4 tracks.
Jan
Although I have a few Lionel signal bridges I liked the plasticville ones, being better detailed than was possible with Lionels sheet metal version.
However, when the MTH signal bridges came out I replaced all with those; better cast details and the flexibility of signal heads.
@AlanRail posted:Although I have a few Lionel signal bridges I liked the plasticville ones, being better detailed than was possible with Lionels sheet metal version.
However, when the MTH signal bridges came out I replaced all with those; better cast details and the flexibility of signal heads.
The signal heads are cool. I have a set of modern signal heads I could throw on.
