Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Crossovers and turnouts are two essentials for almost all model railroads. After all, if you want access to industries, yards, and stations on your railroad you need a way to get to them off the mainline. In this video I'll continue my work on the Lynchburg area of my Piedmont Southern by installing a turnout to get to the industries and warehouses located there. Then we'll build and install a crossover using 2 MicroEngineering turnouts.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:05 Preparing a turnout
2:49 Removing the spring
4:08 Soldering frog feeder
6:48 Replacing spikes
9:17 Making a crossover
12:54 Marking holes
16:45 Liquid Nails
17:50 Installing turnout
18:05 Spacing gauge
18:58 Filling a gap
21:25 Installing the crossover
26:09 Wrapup