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Atlas C55 Curved Turnouts
« on: August 31, 2010, 08:03:56 PM »
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I picked up 6 of these things .. and love them. They are good looking and appear to be well built, with one exception. Tonight, while trying to put one into place, those damned little washers at the bottom popped out. Upon further inspection of the rest of my stock, it seems these are not set into place properly, either at the factory, or have come loose during handling, removal from the package. It's a minor irritant, and can be fixed easily, provided you do it before you put the turnout down.

My fix is to put a little dab of Goo on the little washer, after making sure it is pressed back down sufficiently. There has got to be a better way of mounting those closure rails ..


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Re: Atlas C55 Curved Turnouts
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2010, 10:11:14 PM »
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John,

Got a question for you. Can you check the gauge of the point rails? A friend of mine
has had an issue with either the left or right (cant remember which one!!!). It seems
that their is a problem with some of them being to tight. It's as if the point rails are not
curved properly to match the corresponding outside rail.

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Re: Atlas C55 Curved Turnouts
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2010, 10:18:49 PM »
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i've installed 3 in the past 2 nights...  no issues....

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Re: Atlas C55 Curved Turnouts
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2010, 08:17:25 AM »
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I picked up 6 of these things .. and love them. They are good looking and appear to be well built, with one exception. Tonight, while trying to put one into place, those damned little washers at the bottom popped out. Upon further inspection of the rest of my stock, it seems these are not set into place properly, either at the factory, or have come loose during handling, removal from the package. It's a minor irritant, and can be fixed easily, provided you do it before you put the turnout down.

My fix is to put a little dab of Goo on the little washer, after making sure it is pressed back down sufficiently. There has got to be a better way of mounting those closure rails ..



We've had problems with this on the #7's and #10's as well, even with turnouts that have been mounted already.  We've had to tack some point rails back down at that end with clear silicon.

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Re: Atlas C55 Curved Turnouts
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2010, 09:23:45 AM »
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I am thinking about putting just a touch of solder on top of the little post on the underside ..