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Re: Train Stoppers
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 10:31:47 GMT
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<Fr34wr.101@lugnet.com>) wrote at
04:10:03
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> A device called a derail is used. This device, which looks a bit like a switch
> frog and a bit like an anvil, mounts trackside. It rotates clear, or rotates to
> drop in place. When in place, it sits up about 3 inches above one rail and cars
> rolling to it will have one wheel lifted off the track and then dumped on the
> outside of the rail, which effectively derails the truck (the other wheel is
> pulled off). Derailed cars usually don't roll much farther, hence the main is
> protected.
I have an image in my mind of a thing like a switch, but it's just a
break in one rail, so that if it's open, the stock will fall off, but if
it's closed, it just looks like an ordinary stretch of track. Does this
ring any bells with anyone?
It serves the same function that Larry describes, with the open end
facing away from the main line to catch anything heading that way that
shouldn't be. This would be used (I imagine) with an interlock for the
switch off the main line, so that both have to be thrown at the same
time.
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> > Take a look at a photo of say
> > Euston Station (anyone have a url handy?) and you will see that the buffer
> > stops are sprung/resistive (hydraulic, IIRC). Hitting the bufferstops is
> > usually considered _very_ bad form, and ends up with the driver getting
> > brownie points.
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> This must be UK/US as I infer meaning to be "demerits" or black marks. But US
> usage of "brownie points" is the opposite, it means credit with a superior
> because of a favor rendered (or because of synchophantic activity)
I thought that brownie points were worth collecting as well :-)
--
Tony Priestman
(in the UK)
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Yes. I believe this is how derails used to be done a long time ago. But doing it this way requires actual trackwork, in that a section of rail needs to be removed, and some very precise relaying of track (with plates below to support the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Train Stoppers
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| (...) Yep, if you have a Peco stockist closeby you can see them, they are called "catch points" in English railroading, and are built exactly like that, usually leading into a large box of sand. James P (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) To the chappie who exulted that I wasn't able to solve this: Mine lasts for 10 strikes. Real ones last for 2. Tell me again how I failed? :-) (...) to (...) Right. US stations (passenger, subway, etc) have these as well. However what actually (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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