Replacing lionel 072 switches to Ross switches questions

You will have to your own electrical wire at the switch to the switch motor. Make sure the track is insulated from the other sections of track and add a wire from the outside rail to the switch motor for each side of the switch; example you will to add a wire for the straight and curve sides of the switch track to the switch motor.

Maybe Ross Custom switches or DZ Industries will have a schematic on their website(DZ-1000 switch motor)and you can use that.

Lee Fritz

Ross switches have no electrical features at all unless you are buying Ross Ready Switches that have a DZ switch motor installed. To make Ross Switches act non- derailing for any two position turnout you need to connect the yellow and green wires from the DZ 2500C to the isolated rails at the turnout; one wire per rail.

Hi Lee,

I have added the derailing features to post war tubular switches. Would this be the same process? A guy at Ross told me I would have to add a relay? Is this true?

Much thanks, Jerry

Much thanks for the help guys, Jerry

They should be a drop in but a call to Steve Ross will verify that. You can wire them for non derail.

Rod Miller

Jerry,

Not sure which post war switches you added the non-derailing feature unless they were O27 but anything is possible.  I spoke with Steve at Ross regarding this subject. First off, the Tinplate switches come powered with DZ1000 or DZ2500, I'm not aware of a non-powered version and have not seen them at York. And, according to Steve, they have the non-derailing feature, Lastly, they are a direct drop in of the Lionel O72 switch with the same footprint. However, as always I would recommend checking with Steve directly.

Hope it helps.

Mike

Thanks Rob and Mike for your help!

Jerry 

Jerry A posted:

Hi Lee,

I have added the derailing features to post war tubular switches. Would this be the same process? A guy at Ross told me I would have to add a relay? Is this true?

 

Much thanks, Jerry

What is the relay for? I am lost on that one. All you need to do is attach a couple of wires from the track to the switch.

Lee Fritz

AlanRail posted:

Ross switches have no electrical features at all unless you are buying Ross Ready Switches that have a DZ switch motor installed. To make Ross Switches act non- derailing for any two position turnout you need to connect the yellow and green wires from the DZ 2500C to the isolated rails at the turnout; one wire per rail.

I bought my Ross 042 switches with the DZ-1000 switch machine and the center power rail electrically connected through the switch to both output sides of the switch. For only a few dollars more why should I do the work?

Lee Fritz