Layout Switch Replacement How-To
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- In this how-to video we replace a failed switch on my layout. Enjoy!
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I can only imagine how you felt when you noticed the switch was dead. Awesome video as usual and thanks for taking us through the process!
I don't know if I am seeing things, but it appears that there is a rough spot in the middle of the switch. not on your joints which are perfect, but in the middle of the switch. Great video, learned a great deal. Man that cylinder steam effect has been improved a lot since the S3. Very cool.
I noticed that also. Maybe solder in flange area.
Your a pro Eric !! Excellent tutorial !
I love the Point of view videos... gotta do more of them of whole layout like ya used to do
Eric: "I'll solder the rail joints"
Super-scale TIG welding!
'Top secret instructions' isn't that the truth haha! I love my Jetboil! Especially for backcountry skiing. I also repurposed some of my old rails, I threw a few in yard with weeds growing around them & I detailed a flat maintenance car using a small stack of rails. Great 'how to' switch fix tutorial Eric! I just learned about these adapter pins & hotwater technique to remove ballast; very cool. Reviews are fine, but I find these tutorial videos much more informative--seeing how you like to do your fixs--and also my favorite part of the hobby. It's like "This Old House" for model railroading! BTW.. nice touch using the VL GS-4 to test the rails!
Love the up close view, looks much more like a real railroad video from that angle!
You should have cut the rail-joiners with a razor saw before prying off the switch, but hard to down in there to do. Thanks for this demo Eric. I think I prefer the Atlas look.
Q: Why not use a dremel cut-off wheel and cut behind the joiners, then remove the switch and just pull the cut-off rail section out once the switch was gone, thus eliminating damaging the adjacent track?
I was thinking the same thing! Also, I don't glue the ballast surrounding the switches.
yup, my thoughts exactly!
Coolest stuff ever! Just bought my first Lionel set, 37 years late but hey! I'm learning.
Eric: "This is gonna get quite destructive."
Me: Meh
Eric: *Starts ripping the track to bits*
Me: Oh god I was not expecting this
Man your layout is gorgeous!
Great video, Eric! I would love to see track manufacturers produce “CWR” “thermite welding” kits (molds for soldering that go around a rail joint)! That would be such a great tool for producing consistent and easy “welds” across hundreds of joints on a layout
Glad I stopped in today. My Atlas 0-72 right hand switch just failed and I am needing to do that exact same thing. Thanks for the tutorial.
I wonder If changing track would be easier if you just spread gravel that you find in pet stores for fish aquariums, that way when changing the track you simply take the gravel, remove the track and remove more gravel. Maybe by doing that you can replace the track and put the gravel back as if nobody knew the track was just switched out. Sure the gravel may get all over the track and could cause trouble, but in the end of the day it would be more cheaper and less time consuming.
Fantastic railroad operation room.
You should try to use a dremel cut off wheel and cut the rail in 2 or three places to make it easier to remove.
Always love your tutorials the BEST!!!...this is a great help....I go back often to your older tutorials many times....thanks once again Eric!!!
You're welcome. Glad you like them!
Great replacement of the switch Eric!!!
Eric I used a Fein tool with the flat scraper to clean up the ballast and remove the switch the vibration of the tool and a little force works great
@ERIC'S TRAINS - where is the TRACK REPAIR Crew? Perhaps they have been SLACKING OFF and having beers in a Freight Train's Caboose. LOL!
MOW !! Great video and great workmanship! Keep that up and you will move up the corporate ladder in that company!!!!! I love the idea of using a screw and some washers to level out the rail.... quite surprised of the size difference of the ties between the two manufactures! Thanks.....
Inspiration from your videos have driven me to make my own model of an o gauge gs4, Thank you and wish me luck.
Great video, a little bit of aggression on the removal, lol...Not sure if you hadthis problem, but, I found that I had to fix the atlas switches on my layout by soldering together the pieced center rails. The light guage wires under the switch tend to burn out with higher amp draw trains. The ross switch looks out of scale, and switch point hinges look too loose causing the wheels to drop rocking the rolling stock. A atlas replacement with modified soldered middle rails will be my replacements. Keep the instructional videos going, always a varied opinion which makes them interesting.
Every repair requires a blood sacrifice in order for it to be done properly. I have a feeling that the new turnout should last just as long if not longer than the original Atlas with your blood donation!
If only real track work was this easy!
Looking great Eric, and I was going to say, if lionel does another run of 2-6-6-2's for the 1309 restoration you should get a 1309 model because the more Chessie the better :)
Even as O72's the cross-overs look like sharp curves from the train camera view. You should maybe have done all four turnouts with numbered turnouts.
Happy Valentine’s Day Eric
That GS-4 is gorgeous
Very well done video. In your opinion, why do you glue the ballast? Why not just leave it loose - it's not going anywhere is it?
Your Video is Awesome Eric I Hope you do the Strasburg Railroad 2-10-0 Decapod and the Matching Passenger Cars Video Somepoint in the Future
F in the chat for the atlas left hand turnout. Maybe you could use bits of the switch on the abandon track in the hall way room. Just an idea.
i love these videos id like to see a how to video on wiring the DZ1000 switch machines for the layout im up at so we dont have to hand throw every switch
21:33 Warbaby GS-4 needs more smoke
And that looks like one of the new Vision Line models as well. I have a GS-5 of the same lineup.
Awesome video Eric and I see that switch had alot of used and that new switch look really nice
Nice black GS4 man
Very informative video. Keep up the great work.
You could you the rails for scenery as replacement rails or just old rusty rails
Great video!! I think you should have left the switch the same color to make it look like the railroad came and replaced it
Just out of curiosity, is is possible to ballast the track so the track merely rests upon it instead of being buried in the ballast and the glue? Would certainly make repairs of this nature a lot less destructive. On the upshot, found it very informative, thanks for sharing!
On my layout from the 50’s... 027 on a 4x8... there was just a stripe of paint uniformly painted with sand mixed in under the tracks. It gives the appearance of ballast sort of. The rest of the table was just left to age after being in the attic for 50 years... on the bright side it smells great! 😝
@@Deadbuck73
Well, I've also considered laying down a strip of cork or other material to represent ballast, but ultimately it wasn't a "must-have" for me as I went for a retro-style layout over a scale super-detailed one.
Although a new-build, my layout is much the same, O-27 tubular on a 3x6 door and a 4x8 plywood table linked with a bridge piece.
Eric Your channel is great as I get back into the hobby. I have lots of post-war tube track and 022 switches I have cleaned up the track and some of the switches I have restored. I am building out a 12 x 6 layout, in your opinion should I stick with the O tube track or move to Atlas. All my trains now are O and O27 post-war to early 70s'. Really looking for your feedback.
Instructions! Why I've never heard of such. It can't be that simple
You should do the others
I love your GS4484 Northernlocomotive
Me too!
awesome. keep it up with the model trains
Wow, that's an amazing GS class! When are you going to review it?
Ah-ha! You forgot to weather the unseen part of the new switch rails! No worries! I did the same to mine. LOL!
What is your "top secret" paint formula? It's the most realistic I've seen!
It’s just brown paint.
@@Ericstrains I searched the Tamiya paint website (I assume that's what you used) and found multiple variants of brown. Was there a specific type of brown you used?
When will you review the Vision Line GS-4s?
Awesome video! That GS tho 😍😍😍
Thanks bud!
No project is completed until blood is drawn😄
Some people say the Ross track isn't much better than tubular track because it uses pins I'm gunna build my layout soon what you think about Ross Track and the pins far as flow of current I'm leaning towards Atlas but Ross is little cheaper what you think
Cool it's the Lionel Vision Line GS-5!
No GS-4
@@yankeesandy2545 Ok.
Great video!
5:29 Yikes! I might have dremeled through the rail on the old switch so exactly that didn't happen. Just a thought.
The fact that their made in America really sells me on ross
Great video like deserved
I think a steamer like used to clean stuff would work better than the boiled water
Hi Eric
I have a Athearn Genisis Promontory Edition 4014 big boy 2019 build year
Question is. Why are there red hand wheels on the left side of the engine when it's not prototypical of the original after restoration in 2019?
Thank you
Clayton
Question Eric, the the big bridge as well as the structures that support it. Are they custom made or did you purchase them from someone/somewhere?
Check out video list
Good video but I think I'd use Atlas switch next time.
kind of glad I have fastrack now ;)
@ERIC's TRAINS - Did one of your trains get DERAILED as a result of this MALFUNCTIONING Switcher Track? Or did you notice it before a disaster resulted?
Question: why did you use transition track pins on only one end of the switch and not the other end which you just soldered? In other words can you just solder both ends or use track pins both ends or is it just personal preference.
the rails were too close together to allow for the track pins, he would have had to cut too much of the rail thus leaving a huge gap.
I agree
RIP atlas switch 2007-2021
Do a review on the Lionel nkp 587, PLEEEEEES
I saw you on the camera on your website wondering what you were doing
Excellent video, thank you. ps way too many commercials.
do you use a tinted glue for securing the ballast?
Just wondering why you don’t have under mounted switch machines?
Will you review the Canadian pacific number 2816
be very careful when painting track
Eric, can you help me , why do some of my switches flutter back n forth rapidly. Ty fred
Hi Eric . I have all atlas switches and have failure of the switch machine have you ever just replaced the atlas with the
DZ 1000.
I've never had an Atlas switch motor fail.
hola buenas tarde muchas gracias por subir el video abrazo grande
Awesome
Did he do a review of that Southern Pacific 4457 steam locomotive? If so, someone please send me a link.
this is why my tracks arent coverd in ballest or have any permenant things, its a pain in the butt to remove or replace.
tho thats just me. we all have are own way of doing things
Since when did your cat have a Patreon
Should i be concerned with my switches failing? Or is this a rare thing?
It’s not common, but if you use it for a long time, there’s a possibility that it would fail.
And the dremel tool goees 'aaaaaaaaaaawwww nuf nuf nuuuf neeeeeeeeeaahhh neea neeeeeaaaaaaaaaHHH
Noice
why would you glue ballast down? It's not done in real life ??
So that it stays put and doesn't get messed up and/or get stuck in the gears and wheels of the trains.
Imagine having atlas track
This post is brought to you by the lionel fastrack gang
Lol
Lol
RIP atlas switch
Am I the only one bothered by this guy not getting out the vacuum? "I want to make sure you have no debris in the way." Hmmmmm. Me too!
I did use a vacuum, it's just not in the video.
Top secret document you say... I don't believe it.
odd Eric , i dont see the proper Certifications for you to begin any type of construction , lmmfao
Extricate
Yes, that's what i said.
When he started his Dremel or did anyone else notice it’s all Like a siren