Gargraves Switch De-railments - Classic Toy Trains Magazine

Larry,

Track alignment will throw off a GarGraves switch or cause derailments, the track must be 100% level (NO uphill or downhill)when using GarGraves switches. Before filing or using a dremel tool make sure the track is level!!

If you are new to GarGraves track it will take a little bit of practice but usually no filing is needed at a switch. I have had to shim the track on one side undeerneath before or after a switch before to make the switch work correctly.

Another possibility because I did this, DON'T mix track types near a switch, example-Lionel O gauge track to GarGraves using adapter pins at the switch is another cause for derailment, try to wait for two track sections before changing track types, applies to S gauge also!

Another thing that I did with GarGraves switches was to hook them up to DCS-AIU, the hot wire goes to the switch and the negative wire goes to the AIU and return wires go to the switch from the AIU from 1 or 2.

Lee F.

Interested in southest Pennsylvania railroads; Reading & Northern, Reading Company, Reading Lines, Philadelphia & Reading.