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Re: Train Stoppers
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 20:52:15 GMT
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> 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?
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> 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.
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
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 | | Re: Train Stoppers
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| On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<Fr34wr.101@lugnet.com>) wrote at 04:10:03 (...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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