Manual Turnout Controls

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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I am trying to find plans or an article regarding building manual turnout control. The type of control that uses a rod and an electrical slide switch so power can be rouoted to the turnout. I think Model Railroader had an article on this years ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Sorry I don’t have your answer, but many here will! But I did want to welcome you to the forum. Its a great place for information and help.

Happy modeling, Hal

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I am not sure if this book is still in print from Kalmbach but on page 52 of Basic Electricity and Electronics for Model Railroaders (1992 printing) shows a picture of exactly what you need. If you can find this book you’ll be in luck. I have not seen this book in a while but you might find it at a swap meet some where.

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You’re looking for the September 2008 issue of MR. Uses a single pole single throw switch. I don’t have the issues in front of me, but I don’t remember if MR talked about wiring or not. They had an explanation in the text, I don’t recall them having a diagram for wiring.

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Thanks for the quick reply. I’m going to order the back issure of MR to get the plan.

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Thanks for the reply, I checked thru Amazon and ebay for this book. Will keep looking, but at least you gave me a starting point.

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Maybe here?

http://www.wiringfordcc.com/sw_ctl.htm

B

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This might help.
http://www.westportterminal.de/manualturnout.html

Wedudler, (a member here) did these on his Westport Terminal layout.

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Here are some additional links to manual turnout controls and accessories, both homemade and commercial.

http://home.earthlink.net/~grleone/ar-turnout.htm
http://members.shaw.ca/sask.rail/model-book/manual-throws/manual-throws.html
http://www.nmra.org.au/Layout_Tours/Saxon/Switch_Throw.html

http://www.newrailmodels.com/
http://www.cabooseind.com/
http://www.cocry.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=YOHP
http://www.humpyard.com/

  • Jeff
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Jeff what a great link - thanks for posting it

ratled

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Thanks for all the links. They are working out to be very helpful to me and for my railroad.