In my opinion, your trackwork will look best if you replace it with an Atlas O72/O54 switch. I would purchase a new switch and have someone you trust install it on the layout for you. I would volunteer to do it but I don't think you live nearby. I would then repair the old switch and keep it as a spare. How long has the original switch been on the layout? A new replacement could be expected to last as long. Would that be satisfactory? I have Atlas O track and switches that have been in operation for twenty years to which I've made some repairs. Picture below shows how I’ve used thin pieces of basswood (stained brown – fastened with epoxy) to hold down Atlas O rails that have become loosened from the ties due to track cleaning. No apparent problem with wheel flanges on any of my locomotives, although the same solution might not be possible in your case. Your layout looks very nice.
Photo by:
MELGAR
