Manual turnout controllers

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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I am looking for options to control turnouts manually. My shelf layout is built upon 4" of pink foam-board so I’ll have to use the bellcrank method but a challenge is securing part of the push/pull sleeve to the foam. I have checked out Humpyards and they look good and the trackside manual ones are too big. Has anyone found the perfect solution for foam board?

Thanks, Brian

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Small square of wood, glued to the bottom of the foam, attach bellcrank to that?

–Randy

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Someone on the free-moN yahoo group posted this, it’s in german, but the pictures speak for themselves.

http://www.america-n.de/Tipps_Weichenantrieb/Weichenantrieb.htm

I like Joe Fugate’s setup, too. Simple and cheap!

http://siskiyou-railfan.net/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?1849

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Guys,

Thanks for the feedback. I do like Joe’s idea the best when I have crossbar close by otherwise I will glue it to the foamboard and use the rod/teflon sleeve method.

Thanks, Brian

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Mac, Achtung, das is gut. Ken

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Huh??? Lol!! I just saw the link, I don’t speak a lick of German!!! Slick setup though.

Mac

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it means something like: “Mac, watch out, that is good.”

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Brian,

You might want to look at Humpyard Levers

http://www.humpyard.com/[](http://www.humpyard.com/)

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I use the humpyard controllers on my foam covered layout. To hold down the wire, I glued down a small piece of 1/4 inch plywood under the turnouts and then secured the end clamps to that. In a couple of spots I had to countersink the plywood to make it flush with the foam, but that was no problem. So far I haved used them for 2 years with no problems.