Reply to "Lionel 4-4-0 brass hybrids (Jupiter and #119) and O-36 switches"

@BC1989 posted:
Thanks, @Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 . A simple solution sounds great but I'm really not sure what Ryan Kunkle means by "adjust[] the points". Does that mean push the curve part of the switch flush against the outside rail? I see what you're saying but I have no idea how to achieve the result.

You can GENTLY bend the points towards the rail a bit in order to make them fit more flush against the rail.

This is done when the locomotive is "picking" the points. When this occurs, usually one of the pilot wheels gets behind the point and flips it the other direction as the locomotive travels through the switch.

However, if the loco is throwing the switch as its crossing it as you stated in your original post, bending the points will do little to stop that.

Somehow the loco is making the switch "think" its coming from the other direction activating the auto anti derail feature.

12/5/2011:20 PM

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