Description
The Caboose Industries 113R is a manual ground throw for hand-operating model-railroad turnouts.
What it is: Caboose Industries rigid ground throw with SPDT (single-pole double-throw) electrical contact — for turnouts where you also need a switch contact to control frog polarity, a signal, or a relay coil. The 0.165" travel and flat molded "pin" throwbar make it ideal for Shinohara, Peco, and Atlas Mark 3 turnouts.
- Scale fit: HO (0.165" travel)
- Travel: 0.165"
- Type: Rigid + SPDT electrical contact
- Throwbar: Flat molded "pin" — fits Shinohara, Peco, Atlas Mark 3
- SPDT contact uses: Frog polarity, signal logic, relay coil
- Caboose Industries part: 113R (Walthers 097-113)
Tip: For DCC-powered frogs, the SPDT contact lets you switch the frog rail polarity to match the route — eliminates the dead frog and the wheel-stall it causes on shorter wheelbase locos.
About Caboose Industries: US manufacturer (Mt. Prospect, Illinois) and the industry-standard maker of model-railroad ground throws — the manual, hand-operated turnout-control accessory used by serious modellers on every scale from N through O. All Caboose Industries ground throws are molded from strong, self-lubricating black Delrin. An external cam provides maximum life and travel; the ingenious internal mechanism gives a positive lock in both straight and curved throws (effective from 10° above horizontal to the full down position). A detent assists in holding the handle horizontal for installation. Both rigid ('R' suffix) and sprung ('S' suffix) versions are produced; sprung models have internal stainless-steel springs to absorb over-travel and let the throw connect directly to the turnout.
In stock at Oakville Model Trains Depot.