One advantage of using the Peco Setrack points is that, having dead frogs, they don't need polarity switching so you can, if you wish, change the points by pushing the tiebars across.
This is great in the context of their intended train set use but in my experience, doing this repeatedly can eventually lead to failure of the tiebar as it's all too easy to push down slightly on the end of it, bending it downwards.
Also in layout use it's not ideal as when pulling the tiebar towards you, getting hold of it can be awkward, leading to possible damage.
So......some sort of remote means of changing the points is A Good Thing.
There are several ways of doing this: bicycle spokes under the baseboard, wire-in-tube, solenoid point motors, servos are all fairly common.
However, I decided to use Caboose Industries Ground Throws.
These are made in Freeport, Illinois in the USA and are available in the UK from specialist importers of American model railroading supplies.
They're moulded in Delrin, which is a very strong, "slippery" plastic and consist of a lever which operates via a kind of cam to change the direction of throw by 90 degrees.
They come with clever adaptors which plug in to the operating bar to enable them to be used with most makes of points, including Peco.
Installation is very simple, you position the point lever vertically, position the point tiebar mid-travel (a couple of bits of thin plastic or wood between the stock and switch rails helps hold it in place), pop the hole in the end of the ground throw's operating rod over the pin on the end of the tiebar and mark the positions of the ground throw mounting holes on the baseboard.
Check that the ground throw isn't mounted too high or low with respect to the tiebar (to high and it'll become disengaged in operation and/or catch up on passing bits of rolling stock, too low and it bends both operating rod and tiebar which will probably lead to premature failure). Shims are provided with the ground throws but you may need to use wood or styrene sheet to get the correct height.
I used tiny screws supplied for mounting Kadee/Microtrains couplers to fix the ground throws in place although small nails would do if used with care.
The video shows the ground throws in use......
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