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Re: Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch)
Author: ex-BN
Date: 12-29-2011 - 21:40

KRK Wrote:
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> Hey Marty-- Enjoyed your info on "Puzzle
> Switches" .. On my grandfather's 1/2-inch scale
> "Live Steam" layout in his basement in Oakland,
> CA-- he had a three-track mainline along one
> 45-foot side of the room and a couple of very
> detailed, handmade "puzzle switches" between
> them.
> This fancy, detailed trackwork impressed a lot of
> visitors including a young "Russ Simpson" who then
> and there started up his famed "Simpson Products"
> model railroad business.
>
> Happy New Year...

Sounds like some wonderful track. Would love to see photos of his trackwork should you have any and are willing to share. Also, do you know the size or "code" of the rail he used? Was it steel? Any details would be appreciated.

--trackfan

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch) Marty Bernard 12-27-2011 - 08:09
  Re: Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch) KRK 12-28-2011 - 08:46
  Re: Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch) Tom 12-28-2011 - 11:33
  Re: Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch) Tony Johnson 12-28-2011 - 15:03
  Re: Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch) Andy 12-28-2011 - 16:05
  Caltrain's Puzzle Switches Marty Bernard 12-29-2011 - 08:38
  Re: Caltrain's Puzzle Switches AmtrakFan454 12-30-2011 - 23:09
  Re: Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch) ex-BN 12-29-2011 - 21:40
  Re: Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch) Ken Shattock (KRK) 12-30-2011 - 04:41
  Re: Double Slip Switch (aka. Puzzle Switch) Ed Johnson 01-07-2012 - 10:19


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