Ross Tinplate Switches

NEW! ROSS CUSTOM SWITCHES Introduces the Ultimate Line of Tinplate Switches! Made in USA Craftsmanship Comes to Tinplate Operation!

Norwich, Ct. 04/14/2010…..Ross Custom Switches announces the addition of an entirely new line of switches. We have put our 38 years of switch building knowledge and experience into a traditional line of turnouts. That’s right! RCS is producing a line of tinplate type switches compatible with “O” gauge tubular track, and unlike any other tinplate switch, they are MADE IN AMERICA! Here are some of the benefits;

1. They are the same height as Lionel and K-Line O gauge track and use the same track pins.

2. They are built to the exacting tolerances and quality that have made RCS Hi-Rail switches famous.

3. They are remote control using Z-Stuff for Trains DZ1000 and/or DZ2500 switch machines

BEST OF ALL! You can fit ALMOST TWICE AS MANY SIDINGS IN YOUR YARD SPACE with our new switches!

Here is how it works. Our first offering is a never before made in Tinplate O gauge #4 yard switch and transition track. This turnout is made for both main line and yard operation and here is the real beauty of this switch; when you use them in the yard in a ladder arrangement or for a passing siding the tracks automatically come out on a 3.5” center rail to center rail spacing. If you have tried to build a yard previously, you know that when using 072 switches your tracks come out on approximately. 6.5” centers. That means you can get almost DOUBLE the amount of tracks in your yard! Finally you have a place to store all those cars without having to take them off the track! While the curved portion of the turnout uses an 072 curve, this turnout is built like a real railroad switch in that all three tracks on the ends of the switch come out straight, not on a curve like an 072 switch does. This means the end of those nasty S curves that you get when you plug a piece of 072 track into the curved end of an 072 switch and come back to parallel with the straight part. This is where our transition track comes in. It is used on the end of the switch to get your siding back to parallel on the same 3.5” spacing that the switches make when stacked in a ladder configuration. Its ends are also straight making it ambidextrous and the curve in the middle of it is an 096 so it is even more gradual than the switch! When these switches are used as a crossover, as you would use between two main lines, they come out on a 4” center rail spacing.

The crowning touch? The regular price for these will be $119.95 .....but for a limited time the introductory price for these Made In America Switches is $99.95! . (the least expensive internet price we could find for a Chinese made 072…$106.95!) The transition track is $14.95. All available starting at the 04/22/2010 York TCA train meet.

Finally, look for RCS to add more switches to this line (072, Curved switches and Wyes anyone?) in the coming months!




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	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW! ROSS CUSTOM SWITCHES Introduces the Ultimate Line of Tinplate Switches! Made in USA Craftsmanship Comes to Tinplate Operation! Norwich, Ct. 04/14/2010…..Ross Custom Switches announces the addition of an entirely new line of switches. We have put our 38 years of switch building knowledge and experience into a traditional line of turnouts. That’s right! RCS is producing a line of tinplate type switches compatible with “O” gauge tubular track, and unlike any other tinplate switch, they are MADE IN AMERICA! Here are some of the benefits; 1. They are the same height as Lionel and K-Line O gauge track and use the same track pins. 2. They are built to the exacting tolerances and quality that have made RCS Hi-Rail switches famous. 3. They are remote control using Z-Stuff for Trains DZ1000 and/or DZ2500 switch machines 4. They are super smooth. Center pickup rollers will not fall into any gaps BEST OF ALL! You can fit ALMOST TWICE AS MANY SIDINGS IN YOUR YARD SPACE with our new switches! Here is how it works. Our first offering is a never before made in Tinplate O gauge #4 yard switch and transition track. This turnout is made for both main line and yard operation and here is the real beauty of this switch; when you use them in the yard in a ladder arrangement or for a passing siding the tracks automatically come out on a 3.5” center rail to center rail spacing. If you have tried to build a yard previously, you know that when using 072 switches your tracks come out on approximately. 6.5” centers. That means you can get almost DOUBLE the amount of tracks in your yard! Finally you have a place to store all those cars without having to take them off the track! While the curved portion of the turnout uses an 072 curve, this turnout is built like a real railroad switch in that all three tracks on the ends of the switch come out straight, not on a curve like an 072 switch does. This means the end of those nasty S curves that you get when you plug a piece of 072 track into the curved end of an 072 switch and come back to parallel with the straight part. This is where our transition track comes in. It is used on the end of the switch to get your siding back to parallel on the same 3.5” spacing that the switches make when stacked in a ladder configuration. Its ends are also straight making it ambidextrous and the curve in the middle of it is an 096 so it is even more gradual than the switch! When these switches are used as a crossover, as you would use between two main lines, they come out on a 4” center rail spacing. The crowning touch? The regular price for these will be $119.95 .....but for a limited time the introductory price for these Made In America Switches is $99.95! . (the least expensive internet price we could find for a Chinese made 072…$106.95!) The transition track is $14.95. All available starting at the 04/22/2010 York TCA train meet. Finally, look for RCS to add more switches to this line (072, Curved switches and Wyes anyone?) in the coming months!
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