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MTH has a number of gondolas carrying a switch or a crossover like the one pictured. I always thought this was just toy train fancy. The other day while driving US 23 in Ohio along the NS tracks I thought I saw a gondola carrying what looked like a turnout, but my view was partly obstructed by trees and I was driving 60 MPH. What might have I seen?s-l640

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SantaFe158 posted:

It's not a gondola, but this passed by us at work a couple weeks ago.  It was pretty impressive seeing an entire switch roll by in a train.

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Aren't these the old Roco's?  Where are the funny, short rail joiners that are supposed to go between the two sections of the switch but always get lost?

LOTS of money sitting in those pre-fab switches. (Last I heard was something like $30k to $60k for a switch kit.) Those pre-fabs are very helpful for a shoo-fly around a derailment or replacing an entire switch in a yard, etc.

Many times I've also seen a switch kit assembled beside the switch they're going to replace, and when the switch is assembled, the hustle is on to remove the old switch and cut-in the new one. I've also had to wait just short of the stop signal/derail protection for the MOW to finishing tying-in the new switch before I can pass over it with my train. Lots happening on an active/busy railroad.

Andre

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