I have not seen this switch before. Saw it on youtube .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-pZZxluog
Huge layout with K-Line track.
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I have not seen this switch before. Saw it on youtube .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-pZZxluog
Huge layout with K-Line track.
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Hirth Hobbies.
Lou N
Are these still being made?
http://marketplace.trainzaucti...ffer/details/4670117
They are no longer being made, but they show up occasionally at meets. The link above shows what the original boxes looked like, to help you find them hiding under the tables in the Blue Hall.
They were billed as "100 MPH" switches, because they had large radius diverging tracks.
Some early Gargraves looked just like that too.....
The early GG switches were closed frog designs on wood ties, these are open frogs on bakelite bases.
Notice how the middle rail becomes the outside rail and also the switch motor is built into the roadbed. I use to have a couple pair of them , they worked very good. Also they are a numbered turnout instead of a curve turnout.
I had two pair of these switches on my last last out.
They worked well with post war engines. Some modern era engines had problems with their roller pickups hanging up in the switch.
I was able to connect Lionel O 22 switch controllers to these switches. Let me know if you would like to know how to wire them up. The controllers that came with the Herth Hobbies switches were very simple momentary switches with no indicator lights. By using the Lionel O22 controllers you can have lighted indicator on your control panel.
Thanks, Richard Gonzales
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