I never seem to do anything the easy way. I have one switch where I simply bent the wire up and no gizmo was used. I used a brass rod sleeve to guide the wire, a bell crank, and a flexible control

This is another platform mounting where an L-girder served as the mount. I put the fascia on later and it was a bit tricky to get everything lined up again and readjust the linkage for the extra

Jim, O.K. - I understand the concept. Thank you for the photos....a few more "bits" involved than thought, but I get it. Appreciate taking the time to explain and post photos of your method. Mark

Support of the throw rod varies. If it isn’t too far, I don’t support it with anything. However, the ground throw’s throw rod goes into a gizmo fashioned from brass, not the switch's throw rod

Very nice! Mike Conder Virus-free.www.avg.com

This is what I have done & used in the past. Just starting back up after a move back to the Midwest plan on doing the same thing again. Larry G

The Caboose Industries website has a list of products. I used to be an expert on these, but that was last century. Product Info (cabooseind.com) -- Ray in Colorado

Check the Caboose Industries website. They carry a wide variety of ground throws. Russ -- Russ Norris, MMR Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://blacklogvalleyrailroad.blogspot.com/

Thanks for the replies. Russ, my ground throws didn't come with rods of different lengths. In fact, they were attached as one piece. I'll have to look out for them online I suppose. Gavin

Jim, Interesting variation on manual turnout controls. 2 questions... How do you support the long throw rod over long distances, under the sub roadbed? How are you attaching the small hand thrown

My disclaimer is that I hand lay all my track and I mount my Caboose Industries ground throws remotely on the edge of the layout with all linkage operating from below thee roadbed. However, the way I

Thanks, Dave, that’s a very good idea, about the wire or thread thru the spring. And, yes, outer space is getting way too cluttered, so I will do m part to reduce the clutter. 😀 Mike Van Hove

I use the Caboose Industries sprung ground throws. They come with a variety of connecting rods of different length mounted on a sprue. I generally use a longer rod that keeps the ground throw

It appears (in my world) that the throw bar on the switch is too short. You have the same Caboose Industries product that I use. Mike Smith Tucson

Hi everyone a quick question from me. On my layout, I recently purchased and installed these Ground Throw Sprung (manual switches) from Amazon like

Mike, Actually I did improve on the string through the spring trick a few years back. I found some .003 copper magnet wire on a spool. I take about 2 to 3 inches of that and run it through the

That is a good suggestion. If you can still “thread a needle”!! Larry Olsen

Just as a suggestion when working with tiny springs. Before trying to put them in place take a needle and thread and run a thread lengthwise through the spring. Then put the spring in place and

Hello, troops, I’m back to building more HOn3 cars and I have a small stash of Sergent Couplers. (Lucky Me) Some time back, I bought some Coupler Pockets from Shapeways, and they worked just

hello Ben. i tried to contact you off list. but it came back. so i'll wait for you to contact me. thanks. Kevin. arcatruck13@... I have three