Mark, I had a Tortoise here and did try it but, having the contact piece on the throw, the Tortoise would not operate the switch points, to much drag. I wanted to leave the contact piece on the plunger bar, I believe I can use that piece to operate the lights along side the track to indicate the routing of the turnout. I also found on some of the turnouts when remounting the motor I will have to use a nut on the mounting screws, some of the original tapped holes were pretty worn but I can camouflage the nuts with body filler and paint.
Ray
