quote:Originally posted by Pine Creek Railroad:
SH,
I must disagree with you about the old Lionel 072 Switches, they run just fine with the proper amount of power, and I had mine on track power and they worked just great, got to admit however having them powered from their own ZW made the entire layout work smoother. If you track power the old 072 Lionel switches a small layout works well, for a large layout however its much better to individually power each switch. Learning some of Barrys tricks such as the light bulb change, definitely helped my layout, because the old switches then drew a lot less power. I ran 8 sets of switches on the 1st level and 4 sets on the 2nd everything ran great, including the DCS control. Making sure the switches were in perfect running order prior to building with them, along with
using them in the FastTrack layout, everything operated smoothly. With these switches, having enough power means everything, especially if you are running back to back switches.
Now if you are talking strictly standard guage that might be a different story.
MOPAC,
Robert you are correct sir, I have my Fathers original 263E Work Train along with the new MTH
DCS 263E. Hope all is well in your world, nice to talk with you again!
PCRR
Mack is correct, I am talking about the new MTH/Lionel Corp. Standard Gauge switches. I believe they are the subject of this thread, not the original Lionel 072 switches, which are 0 gauge. I see that I inadvertently used the incorrect term "072" in my post, perhaps that caused confusion. I will correct that error.
