05-12-2009, 05:54 AM
Hi e-paw, no room beneath the roadbed for a switch machine. However, I was able to move the witch machine back 4" from the turnout, using telescoping brass rectangular tubing. I am using a SwitchMaster machine here because they tke up less vertical height than the Tortoise do. I have used Tortoise machines above the roadbed in other locations and that works well too. I used musci wire running thru plastruc tubing for that. Here, because I did not want to unsolder the throwbar to install new music wire, I used the brass tubing, drilling the inner one to accept the wire, and glueing the outer one to the roadbed with epoxy. The machine will have its music wire enter the inner tube at the rear end. The motors height is about equal to the top of the roadbed for the upper section, where the passenger car siding is. A pic of the new linkage.
