Atlas HO Code 83 True-Track Manual Right Snap-Switch Turnout – ATL479

Atlas HO Code 83 True-Track Manual Right Snap-Switch Turnout – ATL479 provides a convenient way to add a right-hand diverging route to an Atlas True-Track HO scale layout. This turnout features an attached manual switch machine, allowing the route to be changed by hand without requiring a remote switch machine or electrical turnout control.

Designed as part of the Atlas HO Code 83 True-Track system, ATL479 combines nickel silver rail and brown ties with integrated gray graveled roadbed. It is ideal for adding sidings, industrial spurs, yard tracks and other diverging routes while maintaining the ready-to-use roadbed construction of the True-Track system.

Manual Right-Hand True-Track Snap-Switch

• Scale: HO Scale 1:87
• Track System: Atlas Code 83 True-Track
• Track Type: Snap-Switch Turnout
• Direction: Right-Hand
• Operation: Manual
• Attached manual switch machine
• Route is changed by hand
• Rail: Code 83 nickel silver
• Ties: Brown
• Integrated gray graveled roadbed
• Correctly angled roadbed shoulders
• Atlas manufacturer item number 0479
• Fusion Scale Hobbies SKU ATL479

What Does a Right-Hand Turnout Do?

A turnout allows one track to divide into two possible routes. On this right-hand Snap-Switch, the diverging route branches toward the right when viewed from the single-track approach or point end of the turnout.

The movable points inside the turnout determine which route the train follows. One position directs locomotives and rolling stock along the straight route, while the other sends them onto the right-hand diverging route.

Manual Turnout Control

ATL479 comes with a manual switch machine already attached. The turnout is thrown by hand directly at the track rather than being operated from a remote electrical control.

Manual operation is a simple choice when the turnout is located within easy reach of the operator. It also eliminates the need to install and wire an electrical switch machine simply to change the route.

Where Can a Right Snap-Switch Be Used?

Turnouts allow a model railroad to expand beyond a basic continuous-running track plan by creating additional routes for switching and train operations. ATL479 can be used for:

• Industrial sidings and spurs
• Freight yard tracks
• Passing and storage sidings
• Locomotive and engine facility tracks
• Passenger station tracks
• Staging and storage areas
• Branching routes
• Additional operating areas on True-Track layouts

Snap-Switch vs. Numbered Turnouts

An Atlas Snap-Switch is designed around sectional-track geometry, making it especially useful when building layouts with Atlas True-Track straight and curved sections. This differs from Atlas numbered Custom-Line turnouts, such as #4, #6 and #8 turnouts, which use frog-number geometry and are selected based on the desired track arrangement and degree of divergence.

For a True-Track layout built primarily with sectional track, the Snap-Switch provides a straightforward way to introduce a diverging route while remaining within the True-Track track system.

Manual vs. Remote Snap-Switches

The primary difference between manual and remote Snap-Switches is how the turnout is operated. ATL479 is manually operated, so the operator physically throws the attached switch machine at the turnout.

A remote version allows the turnout to be controlled electrically from another location. Manual operation is often a practical choice for smaller layouts, switching areas and other locations where the turnout remains within easy reach.

Build Sidings & Industrial Spurs

A single right-hand turnout can transform a basic track plan by creating a second route. Connecting straight or curved True-Track sections to the diverging route makes it possible to construct an industrial spur, storage siding or additional operating track.

Multiple left- and right-hand True-Track Snap-Switches can be combined to create more complex arrangements such as passing sidings, freight yards, staging tracks and switching districts.

Atlas HO Code 83 True-Track

Atlas True-Track combines Code 83 nickel silver rail and brown ties with integrated gray graveled roadbed. The roadbed features correctly angled shoulders to provide a realistic track-and-ballast appearance while retaining the convenience of an easy-to-assemble sectional track system.

True-Track is suitable for beginner layouts, temporary setups, portable railroads and permanent HO scale model railroads. Components can be combined to build anything from a simple continuous-running layout to a railroad featuring sidings, yards and multiple operating routes.

Removable Code 83 Track

Atlas HO True-Track uses Code 83 Snap-Track that can be removed from the molded roadbed and used separately. This provides additional flexibility if the track is later incorporated into a permanent layout using a different roadbed or scenery system.

Atlas HO True-Track Manual Right Snap-Switch Features

• HO Scale 1:87
• Right-hand Snap-Switch turnout
• Manual operation
• Attached manual switch machine
• Can be thrown by hand at the turnout
• Provides straight and right-hand diverging routes
• Useful for sidings, yards, spurs and branching routes
• Designed for Atlas HO Code 83 True-Track
• Code 83 nickel silver rail
• Brown railroad ties
• Integrated gray graveled roadbed
• Correctly angled roadbed shoulders
• Code 83 Snap-Track can be removed from the roadbed
• Atlas manufacturer item number 0479
• Fusion Scale Hobbies SKU ATL479

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