TOY1, the SHS turnouts are very delicate with flimsy internal contacts. I have had to adjust or repair the sliding contacts on all my SHS turnouts. For info, they are not power routing like the Gilbert turnouts with the 2 train operation sliding switch. the SHS turnouts have all rails powered with the slider in one position and both the rails coming off the frog are unpowered with the slider in the other position, regardless of which way the points are thrown. As you pointed out the SHS turnouts are not as reliable and robust as the original Gilbert ones.
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