Description
Atlas’s HO Code 83 #542 Snap-Switch® left-hand manual turnout — the affordable, reliable choice for HO sidings, spurs, and yard ladders. Nickel silver rail on brown ties with an attached above-benchwork manual switch machine and rail joiners included.
How to use
- Drops into any Code 83 trackplan; joins with the included #170 rail joiners.
- Throw by hand using the attached above-benchwork switch machine lever.
- To motorize, replace the manual lever with a Tortoise or Atlas Snap Switch and wire to your control panel.
- Compatible with all HO Code 83 track (Atlas, Walthers/Shinohara, Micro Engineering).
- Pair with the right-hand #543 Snap-Switch for symmetrical crossovers and yard ladders.
- Note: 18″ radius (Snap-Switch geometry); suited for short locomotives and freight cars.
Specifications
- Scale: HO (1:87)
- Rail Code: Code 83
- Type: Snap-Switch® manual turnout
- Hand: Left
- Radius: 18″
- Brand: Atlas
- Item Number: 542 (catalog #18)