Caboose Industries has been making ground throws — the manual lever turnout-control mechanisms that mount alongside the track and let you throw a turnout by hand — for more than 50 years. Their sprung ground throws are the gold standard for switching layouts and prototypically-operated yards where you want to throw turnouts manually rather than electrically.
We stock the Caboose Industries range in HO, S, HO/N and N scales. Sprung Ground Throws include the 202S HO/S (0.190" travel, 5-pack), 218S HO/N with Selectable End Fittings (0.165" travel), 5218S HO/N (0.165" travel, 5-pack with selectable end fittings), 220S HO/N with SPDT Contact for frog polarity switching (0.165" travel), 222S N Code 55 (0.135" travel), 224S N Code 55 with SPDT Contact (0.135" travel), 206S N (0.135" travel), and the 210S HO/S with Operating Low-Level Target & Track Numbers (the most prototypical of the lineup, with a visible flag that flips as you throw the points).
Ground throws are the simplest, most reliable way to control turnouts on a switching layout — no wiring, no decoders, just a lever you push. Pair Caboose Industries throws with Peco or Atlas turnouts in HO Track & Turnouts or N Track & Turnouts. Ships from Oakville, Ontario. Free shipping on orders over $250.
