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What are slow action point motors?
Slow action point motors are exactly what they say, they are designed to give a more realistic look to your points on your layout by delaying the movement of the track points so that it appears like the real thing.
This replicates the signalman pulling the levers in the signal box.The movement is then sent to the point using rods and it takes a few seconds for the signalman to complete the change.
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