Interesting Triple Switch Geometry

[ejayb]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005021041096.html 

There's a triple switch now available from AliExpress.

It appears to be designed for 8 stud gaps when used with opposing, standard geometry switches. 

If used with R40 curves to create parallel tracks, the stud gap looks to be 4 or 2. There's no adapter for 8 stud gap parallels.

Has anyone tried it?

[JopieK]

Interesting. Would be nice to try indeed.

[Toastie]

I am always confused with AliExpress: €23 for the entire set???

+ S&H, sure, but is that it?

Best,
Thorsten

[blavenn]

Wow first time I've seen one of these

[bogieman]

On 3/28/2023 at 12:40 AM, ejayb said:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005021041096.html 

There's a triple switch now available from AliExpress.

It appears to be designed for 8 stud gaps when used with opposing, standard geometry switches. 

If used with R40 curves to create parallel tracks, the stud gap looks to be 4 or 2. There's no adapter for 8 stud gap parallels.

Has anyone tried it?

Thanks for letting us know that aliexpress now sells the three way switch. I've had one for several years from Trixbrix that the clone makers likely copied, although they used Lego-style throw levers while Trixbrix has their own style. 

Your link led me to another seller with ballast plates for straight tracks. Until this time I have avoided ballasting but am now ready to so ordered 100 to get started.

Dave

[ejayb]

After looking at this a bit more, I'm wondering it it's actually just an R104 switch.

In this photo we can see that the parallel tracks are slightly shorter than the center track.

In this photo we can see that the inside track, between the two tree-ways, is half an S16 offset to the outside tracks.

And here, I think I've recreated this setup with TrixBrix R104 three ways

https://i.imgur.com/6VwON14.png