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Lionel Track LIONEL TRAINS O27 GAUGE MANUAL SWITCH SET No. 1022

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No. 1022 Manual Controlled Left and Right Switch
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Lionel TrackManual Controlled O27 Gauge Switch Set No. 1022 replaced the No. 1024 in 1953 and would be available until the end of the Post War period in 1969, with the exception of 1967 when there was no production.
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Beginning in 1955 Lionel would also issue these switches individually as No. 1022-75 left hand manual switch and No. 1022-35 right hand manual switch. Like the set of switches, these individually marketed switches would be available until the end of the Post War Period in 1969 with the exception of the year 1967.
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In 1966, these single switches would be issued in the blister packaging as No. B1022LH for the left hand switch and No. B1022RH for the right hand switch. These switches were only produced in 1966 with this packaging.
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Lionel provided the owner of these switches a way to prevent derailments during operations by using insulating fibre pins so that a train would stop before interning a switch that thrown the wrong way. See the instruction sheet No. 1022-38 shown below.

No. 1022-29 Switch Directional Indicator

Plastic gearing at the bottom of the switch direction indicator would allow these indicators to turn 90 degrees when the manual control arm was flipped. This same indicator would be used on the Super-O Manual Switches No. 142. See the picture to the above right.


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No. 1022 Late Classic Set Box End
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The early issues of the individually boxed switches would show the number on the box end as No. 1022-75 for the Left Hand Switch and No. 1022-35 for the Right Hand Switch. After many complaints from their dealers who couldn’t tell which one was a left and which one was a right when looking at these box end numbers on their shelves, Lionel changed the numbers in 1961 to "1022LH" and "1022RH" respectively so that they could be easily recognized.
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Early No. 1022-75 Individual Left Hand Switch Box
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No. 1022-38 Instruction Sheet Page 1
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No. 1022-38 Instruction Sheet Page 2
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No. 1022-38 Instruction Sheet Page 3
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