Fast Tracks

Gentlemen,
I just got the Jan 2005 Model Railroader and saw your ad there. I like the prospect of hand laying my own turnouts. Your construction jigs look very easy to use.

Now the question. Are there any plans to make #4 and #5 stub switch jigs available? I would really like to make some stubs for specific portions of my layout but, just like many others, am not the best at doing those sorts of things by hand without some hard core assistance.

So, are there some stub jigs in the works, in HO for starters?

With fingers crossed, thanks.

Norton

All our fixtures have the option to produce stub turnouts. When placing an order there is an option to "Customize Fixture", in this list of options you will find the "Stub Turnout" option. Extra tie pockets are added to the design that will allow the construction of stub turnouts to be made.

There is a $30 US fee for this modification.

Since there are several different approaches on building the bridle portion of a stub turnout (the movable section), we leave that up to the individual modeler to determine.

Both standard and stub turnouts can be produced in a fixture with a stub turnout option.

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Tim Warris
Fast Tracks
http://www.fast-tracks.net
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I am new to model railroading, as you can clearly discern from the question I am asking. What is a stub switch??? I am familiar with the term because I am going to be modeling the D & RGS, where they speak a great deal about #4 stub swithches. What exactly is a stub swithc and how does it differ from a standard switch??

Thanks for your help.

Mark Hagy

A stub switch is an old-fashioned kind of switch where instead of points controlling which of the two (or three) routes a train takes, the rails leading up to the switch are fastened to a throwbar, and those rails are bent to line up with the rails of the diverging routes.

They fell from favor because they required more maintenance to keep them working, and if anything came rolling "the wrong way" into the switch, it would derail...

I've got an example of a prototypical specimen from somewhere off the web (if I can get attachments work... )

- Thomas