Joined: 14/02/2008(UTC)
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Location: Lahti,
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Hi,
I am about to get me some turnouts. There seems to be two kinds: 2272/2273 and 22715/22716.
Seems that 2272/3 are no longer produced by M*. Why is that? Is there something wrong with them and should I avoid them?
What are the differences with these two? Are the other easier to use/assembly/ballast than the other?
There is not a lot of this stuff on sale on the german Ebay. Should we be worried? I really can't see me going on with the shorter turnouts...
Thanks in advance!
- Jussi |
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 Joined: 13/07/2004(UTC) Posts: 642
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Hi there,
the 2272/3 is "a bit" worse to ballast as it has a moving frog (with a pulling rod to operate it). I don't know if that's the reason to why it was discontinued cause I have a few and I like them. I'm using these for high-speed turnouts as in reality.
The 22715/6 is therefore somewhat easier to ballast as they lack the operating rod and moving frog - yet one has to be careful when ballasting the area of the moving points so they don't get stuck.
So as an answer: You do not need to avoid 2272/3 there's nothing wrong with them. |
Fredrik.
*ECoS 2 + ECoSDetector + SwitchPilot + ECoSTerminal; *Z21 + Loconet + Digikeijs + MGP; **CS3+ + CdB (** coming soon...)
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 Joined: 09/08/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,935 Location: Auckland,
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The version with the moveable frog fell out of favour because the mechanisim used to become stiff and not operate properly.
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