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@Putnam Division posted:
Hp289
I see that you are using a lot of curved switches. They save space but please be aware of one issue......with smaller engines: geeps, 10 wheelers, switchers, etc, running at slow speeds, there are times when power is lost because of the gap between powered center rails.
I ended up changing out my Atlas O O72/O54 curves switches because of that issue.
If you can, measure the power gap on the switches you have chosen and the distance between you pick up rollers.
This is the layout I built in 2011 and by the end of 2012 the curved switches were gone......it only happened at prototypical speeds.....at "PostWar" speeds (60+ smph), the momentum was enough to compensate for the power interruptions.....
Peter

Peter always wondered why you pulled those curved switches. But this begs the question is this problem only with the Atlas curved switches and/or the Ross switches also?

Ron

8/17/219:51 AM

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