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In preparing for the Cambridge Rescue Fire Company's annual holiday train garden, I was tasked to evaluate and repair an animated switch tower that had been taken off the layout several years ago after being damaged. Even without documentation, I was at least able to repair the obvious damage and figure out power and control wiring, and restore some functionality:

https://youtu.be/SosbLvx214E?si=E5gytAn8lgptXF4Q

However, I'm at a loss as to who created it. It seems too complicated and buttoned down to be a typical scratch build or kit bash, but I have never seen one before or been able to find any on-line trace, and in some ways the animation is *more* complex than the typical Lionel or MTH offering. Anyone ever owned or seen one of these, or had an opportunity to work on one? Thanks for any suggestions or leads!

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It's an Atlas "signal tower".  Not sure about the animation though?

Thanks, Jim. Yes, someone on another forum had pointed to the Atlas kit as the structure source (IMHO correctly!), and it appears the three-figure animation and some of the lights were DIY after-additions. Given my very limited animation skill set and lack of any guidance from whoever put it together, I've decided to let sleeping dogs lie, and defer digging into it further until absolutely necessary! Thanks again for your help!

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