Mitigating Aristo-Craft's # 6 Turnout to make it usable! by Ted Doskaris, July 17,2023 скачать в хорошем качестве

Mitigating Aristo-Craft's # 6 Turnout to make it usable! by Ted Doskaris, July 17,2023

Mitigating Aristo-Craft's # 6 Turnout to make it usable! by Ted Doskaris, July 17,2023 There are 5 primary mechanical issues to deal with that will be described and shown in this video: (1) The outside stock rails are too close together (Apparently because of plastic tie bedding shrinkage not controlled in the molding process). Because of this the swinging point rails are even tighter, inviting wheel flanges to ride up and causing derailments. The point rail ends should, also, be ground thinner. (2) The guard rails across from the frog are spaced too far from the outside stock rails - rendering them useless in preventing the frog point from being struck by wheel flanges (3) The end portion of the turnout where both straight & diverging paths emanate from the frog is prone to sag causing a mismatched rail head height with the frog railhead - resulting in locos or cars having low hanging parts to strike. (4) The casted metal frog ends may physically butt against adjacent rail ends owing to temperature changes - causing a short circuit for track power (Powering is via micro switch & poly fuse) (5) The wheel flange bearing frog throat is too deep - causing wheels to drop down and strike the point of the frog or wing rails, resulting in long term damage. An aftermarket "frog legs" drop-in insert can help reduce this affect.