30-150 Degree Crossover – American Flyer Style

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Offered for auction is a 30º-150º crossover for American Flyer S gauge trains. This is not an original American Flyer crossover, nor is it a reproduction of any known Gilbert accessory. This is trademarked TM Aff. This 30º-150º crossover is intended to look like what Gilbert would have made if it had ever done so. I made it with raised ties and track guides just like the original crossover. The center “frog” is basically the same design as the original but instead of 90º it is angled at 30º and 150º. There are two significant differences from the original. The track is held by crimped copper wire rather than the flat steel hold-downs and I did not drill holes for screwing or nailing to the table. You can see in the picture of the bottom I soldered wires between the copper wire hold-downs. This is not a precision injection molded production item. The prototype was made with basically hand tools. While it is well made, it is not perfect. You can see sanding marks and glue spots, and the plastic joints (picture). It has a longer dead spot than the regular 90º. This crossover works well. This is intended for the operator, since it is not a collectable made by Gilbert. I have shown it two different ways. It can be used right after a switch to cross a close parallel track (picture 5). I also set up a figure 8 (picture 4) and used this read more

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