Gargraves Turnouts--just sharing...

Thank you.  Worth knowing.  

Good recovery. Nice to hear about their turnouts and how wel they have served your RR

Thank you for the info.  I do not wire them for nonderailing.  I like the action of keeping track of my track.  LOL!  But, I also have been well served by my 38 Gargraves switches. 

I have mostly Gargraves switches with 18 of those the pre 1991 style. I have had occasional derailments with light weight cars and steamers leading/trailing trucks on some of the older Gargraves switches.  No derailments with the newer style.

I did have an issue with arcing on one of the new type switches when some cars passed over them.  The center rail near the points was too close to the outer rail and the inside of the wheel was making contact between them.  A little adjustment with needle nose pliers and a bit of liquid tape fixed that problem.

Interesting, thanks for the posting!

Mine are all manual....but good to check at any rate. 

I got 3 of the newest design turnouts at the train show last week.....and a Ross Y turnout......They are VERY close with a only slight tip to Ross.......but the GG will work just as well. The GG were $15 each and the Ross was $30...... Thx