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h2w

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Tyco switches
« on: October 09, 2015, 07:51:27 PM »
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what radius were the Tyco switches?
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Re: Tyco switches
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2015, 08:42:18 AM »
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The standard TYCO switches were 18" radius to replace one section of curved track.
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Re: Tyco switches
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2015, 10:08:12 AM »
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ok thank you
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Re: Tyco switches
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2015, 03:05:49 PM »
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   Mark,
    are these Tyco/Roco Austrian switches ?
    or Tyco/China switches ?
   Brass,Steel,or Nickel Silver rail ?
   where they were made gives a time line for when they
   were made.
   before 1970 Tyco mainly used Atlas track,but they should be
   marked "Atlas".
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Re: Tyco switches
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2015, 04:06:53 PM »
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I think they always kept the same geometry, that of an original Atlas standard switch with the little extra piece of curved track to duplicate an 18" radius curve, if desired, didn't they?

Gosh, I just remembered I still have some Atlas ones from the early sixties that were my late older brother's and the plastic frogs are well worn on some of them.

Doug
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