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Reply to "Marx 034 switches and post war trains?"

Ace posted:
RoyBoy posted:

I ran some a number of years ago. The trains ran through the switches rougher and lumpier than I would have liked.

Marx O34 switches have sprung parts in the frog which allow "fat wheel" locos to pass, and they don't have guard rails opposite the frog for the same reason. I've made them work better by super-gluing the sprung frog parts and by adding a guard rail for the diverging route. I don't run fat-wheel locos. I like the fact that these switches are a wider radius than standard O27 or O31-curve switches.

Hi Ace, love your posts btw,

On the O34 switches, do you just cut up a chunk of comparable O34 curve and then glue? EDIT: Just saw another posters picture earlier in the thread. Pretty close to what You've done?

Just picked up a few of these since all I have are the Lionel O27 switches and want to make them work a bit better on my stuff.

Next step if this doesn't work is ripping it all out and going to O gauge and O22 switches.

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