Hiding Atlas remote control switches?

Unfortunately, they are too close to the track. Anything you could build, would foul the locos and long cars.

The best thing to do is to use undertable mount motors.

If you don't want to scrap the atlas, see if they will hold the pin up if they are vertical. If it can, then you might try using a Rix Rax to mount it vertically under the table.

If it doesn't then try the Rix Rax Horizontal mount.

If you don't have any motors yet, or few enough that switching to a different motor won't break the bank, look at the Tortoise slow motion motor.

If you are > Anyone have any ideas how to hide them? Maybe to build something > around them.

Long ago in remember an artical in Model Railroader about hiding atlas turnout controls.

If i remeber correctly it talked about reversing the controll from a left turnout to a right turnout and vise versa.

Try this, take a left hand turnout and unscrew the controller. Now take a right hand controller and unscrew the controller. Now take the right hand controller and turn it upside down, place it onto the left hand turnout with the little control wire over the throw bar. Now replace the screws, but from the bottom of the turnout.

It should work. You need to dig out a place for the controller next to the turnout on the layout, and be carfull not to get stuff down into that open area where the wire is. You can place a thin piece of card stock over it and add ground foam to hide the controller.

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I removed mine, and installed Caboose Hobbies ground throws.

One way would be to drill a large hole under the end of the throwbar and put the motor in vertically with the throw pin sticking up through the throwbar. You will have to make sure that the motor is in the correct orientation so that it won't bind with a skewed throw of the pin.

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Mount them under the baseboard!