Peco are next The Walthers-Shinohara are sold out. However, I am sure I have seen an N-scale Peco 3-way turnout. If you want more info, click here Timothy The gods must love stupid people; they sure made a lot. The only insanity I suffer from is yours. Some people are so stupid, only surgery can get an idea in their heads.
IslandView Railroads On our trains, the service is surpassed only by the view! In that issue they do not offer 3-way turnouts in N-Scale. One caveat to offer: I've known a few others who tried to use 3-way turnouts with very little or no success. You can count on frequent derailments over the 3-way--especially when your engine is pushing a string of cars over the lesser of the two radii in the turnout. With the frog juicers, this is not an issue. After doing a bunch of HO and HOn3 switches as described in the other posts - cut and isolate the frogs, wire the points and tie them into a Tortoise I decided when I went to the 3 way switch to do it the easy way I bought a Walthers DCC friendly 83 three way.
Now, I only have to do is wire the frogs to my tortoise - sounds like a zoo doesn't it? I do wish Shinohara would upgrade their design to DCC compatibility. It is almost as quick to scratch build a switch as it is to fix one of theirs. I only use frog juicers for my non-moving HO-HOn3 dual to single track splitting switches. Shinohara makes the code 83 line for Walthers.
They also make code 70 and code that is marketed under their own name. Only the code 83 trackwork has been upgraded to be "DCC friendly".
Unfortunately, I haven't heard of any plans to eventually upgrade the other sizes. Note: Your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Many features may not work properly without it. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Username or Email. Password Forgot your password? Keep me logged in. Log In or Create an account. If you need assistance you can file a trouble ticket here: mrhmag. Prolific poster 1, posts Joe Brugger Prolific poster 1, posts Share. Quote 0 0. As is? New or Old?
If it's an old vintage turnout then wiring is an issue. Joe Brugger Prolific poster 1, posts Share. Ummm It was on a layout built in , so, no, not really recent production. DKRickman Prolific poster 3, posts Share. Seems like a lot of work Quote:. Terry Roberts Regular poster posts Share.
Comments The point to rail electrical connection in the stock turnout is shaky at best and will become a problem over time like every other Shinohara or turnout of similar manufacture. Isolating a 3 way turnout When laying my Shinohara 3 way turnout at least the second place! Note the appearance of gaps before the toe and after the heel of the frog on the DCC version. Bonding wires on the underside connecting the point and closure rails to the stock rails on the DCC compatible version.
Switch Points. Note the switch rails are not connected together. The small tab underneath makes the electrical connection to the stock rail. Older Shinohara turnouts often had a single strip throwbar of metal connecting both point rails and the throwbar beneath. As shown in the picture above, the early turnouts have no gaps at the frog.
The actual installation of the crossover was not difficult but controlling the turnout was proving to be a small challenge. The challenge being faced was that I did not want to use 4 tortoise switch machines to throw this single set of turnouts.
Ideally one turnout would have been the best solution, however, the final setup used two switch machines. Two Tortoise switch machines were used with very little modification.
The only change was the addition of a second throwbar to the drive mechanism of the switch machine. The challenge of using only two switch machines was to build the necessary linkage to activate the other two sets of turnouts on double crossover for a total of 4 turnouts.
Three holes were drill in this link. The outer two holes were drilled and tapped for screws. The washer and the 4 screw act as the pivot point holding the standoff in place and the washer keeps the link from falling off the mount. The wire up to the turnout is connected via a screw to the lower hole in the link.
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