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Matt_GNo27OGR Forum Member

tncentrr posted:
Matt GN027,
Thank you for sharing the video of your very nice layout. I'm curious about your track switches. It looks like you took Lionel 027 switches and substituted Ross switch machines on them. Is that what happened?

@brianel_k-lineguy is spot on. They are the the last iteration of the K-Line O27 switches, K-0265 (LH) & K-0266 (RH). Other advantages over the Lionel O27 switches include:

Instead of using a solenoid, they have a small motor. Once the switch is thrown, they don't continually fire like the solenoid-driven Lionel switches. (My understanding is that this is also true of the earlier K-265 & K-266 switches with incandescent bulbs, but I might be wrong about that.)
They can be easily run off of either accessory power or track power. (The earlier K-265/266 switches shared this feature
Unlike the earlier K-Line K-265/266 switches, they use LEDs instead of incandescent bulbs.

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