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O42 Switch TrackI presume the K-Line versions are no longer made.  I did a quick search of some hobby suppliers and found zilch.  I'll try Evilbay.   Here's a picture of an O42 Lionel O gauge switch.  I see five binding posts.  Why five ?

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Dan,

   Check out patstrains.com he had some RMT 072's and might have some 042's left also. He wanted 79.95 each for the RMT K-Line low voltage switches.  One word of advise, have Pat test the switches before shipping them to you, for some reason RMT had a problem with their RH Switches, one of then men I know had to return all his RH Switches to Walter, they would not function correctly no matter how we set them up, all his LH switches worked perfectly however.  I believe the 2nd batch did the same thing and he had to return all his switches to Walter.  Looks like there may have been a bad batch of RH RMT switches made.  This is really a bummer, the original K-Line and RMT low voltage switches were bullet proof stuff, for many many years.

PCRR/Dave

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Dan Padova posted:

   I see five binding posts.  Why five ?

Same connections as a regular Lionel 022.

They are, from the motor housing out:

1)Common Ground / Outside Rails.........\_
2)Through/Straight.......................................  --> 3  CONTROLLER Connections
3)Curve/Turn/Out......................................../¯
4)Aux Power In
5)Hot/Center Rail

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Prewar American Flyer O-gauge had switches with O40 curves, compatible with standard tubular Lionel track. I got some manual versions for free but had to do repairs on the manual-throw mechanisms. I'm using them for spur tracks. The no-frog configuration (like Marx) has the advantage of electrical continuity on all rails all the way through the switch.

100_4499   Shown in mid-throw.

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