Tortoise crossing gate

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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Does anyone know of a commercial product that will operate 2 crossing gates using only 1 tortoise? I know I could rig up something from airplane linkages, but it would be easier to just buy one pre-made.

2

Loathar, would the tortoise remote mount work for you? It allows you to use two cables to move two sets of points simultaneously. It should be easily adaptable to other uses.

http://www.tonystrains.com/technews/tortoise/off-center-mounting.htm

(see bottom of the page)

Karl

3

Looks like Tortoise has done the work for you. Look at the “RSA” on the right side of the page about half way down.

http://www.circuitron.com/index_files/Tortoise.htm

4

Thanks. That RSA would work. It seems like I’m going to end up spending the same $$$ whether I use 2 machines or 1 machine and linkage. I started figuring how much the airplane linkages would be and it’s the same as buying another tortoise.[sigh]