This project has been in the planning stages ever since I started work on the yard in Delores. The switch on the passing siding was way too tight a radius, but the Annies seemed to negotiate it without too much problem. The Connie on the other hand, would bind up going through it. With the arrival of the K-27, this problem needed to be addressed if it was to use the sidings in Delores. With the heat wave that was gripping the area for the past week about run it’s course, I traced out the track work around the switch on some brown paper, and using that as a guide, started laying out the new switch. I didn’t think to take pix of the building process, but did manage to get some of the installation.
The old switch was one of my first efforts and worked fine while it lasted. It used code 332 aluminum rail and a cast resin frog, about a #4, I think.
The new switch has a #8 frog, so it should make it easier for the K to use the yard.
The return of more normal summer weather didn’t help much, but it was a bit more pleasant than what it has been.
Once I set my mind to it, it wasn’t all that difficult. After a few burps and some fits and starts while building the switch yesterday, I was finally happy with it. I almost installed it last nite.
