04-01-2018, 09:00 AM
I have got a nasty problem with an Atlas 19° (#572) Atlas crossing. One of the rail drops for about 1" by 1/20" just before it reaches the plastic frog. That makes the plastic frog a tad higher than the rail. Just one frog at one side should be no big deal and in fact almost all engines master that challenge.
Except my longest and biggest engine. A Walthers Mainline SD70ACE runs with one truck on the elevated crossing plastic frog and with the other truck on the dead frog of the next switch. I think that is really tough luck to have two dead frogs in the perfect distance to isolate such a long model.
I got two 19° crossings and both have the same production fault. I tried to "raise" to rail be a layer of solder. It works but how performs the soft solder on the long run? Anyhow I use the SD70ACE not so often to switch a stub track. It is more curious than annoying.
My LHS has no more code 83 19° crossing. I ordered a code 100 19° crossing. Lets see if it works as a replacement.
Except my longest and biggest engine. A Walthers Mainline SD70ACE runs with one truck on the elevated crossing plastic frog and with the other truck on the dead frog of the next switch. I think that is really tough luck to have two dead frogs in the perfect distance to isolate such a long model.
I got two 19° crossings and both have the same production fault. I tried to "raise" to rail be a layer of solder. It works but how performs the soft solder on the long run? Anyhow I use the SD70ACE not so often to switch a stub track. It is more curious than annoying.
My LHS has no more code 83 19° crossing. I ordered a code 100 19° crossing. Lets see if it works as a replacement.
Reinhard