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Re: Questions about train details
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Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:25:55 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Warren writes:
> > Hello,
> > I am currently building a train layout in my basement and some
> > questions came up that I'm wondering if anybody knows the answers>> I in • looking at photos of actual large train stations in cites
> > (Louisville's L&N in my photo) I noticed that most of the train tracks fork
> > off parallel to each other and all come to a dead end at the back of the
> > station. I might build my station in a similiar fashion but I can't for the
> > life of me figure out how passenger trains turned around at the stations to
> > leave on their next route. I don't see any turn tables in any pictures and
> > just simply putting another engine on the end wouldn't work for streamlined
> > cars that had the rounded ends.
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> Frank answered this correctly, but incompletely. Most stub end passenger
> stations were arranged so that when (in the majority of cases) the train
> wasn't slated to be broken up for servicing but intended to depart for the
> next leg of the journey, the train would either back IN or back OUT a
> (relatively) short distance. This was done by having the station be on a wye
> spur or similar to allow backing in from both directions... (although not
> always, there's always an exception to every example)
In the UK there were some odd practises, despite the railway regulations being
proudly followed to the letter. One such case was at Dorchester South station.
This was actually a 'through' station but the 'up' line platform was a 'stub
end' or terminus. All stopping 'up' trains had to run past the station, stop,
wait for the signalman to switch the points, then back slowly into the
platform.
This was carried out with passengers on board, of course, and at no point
could the driver of the engine see exactly how close the rear of the train was
to the buffers. I suppose he relied on a frantic signal by the guard (in the
rearmost car).
The other odd thing about this station is that in the 'down' direction it was
a perfectly normal 'through' arrangement with the platform adjacent to the
main line - so both sides of the staion were some distance apart.
> Most modern european main terminals are stub, but the trains are double ended
> and they just reverse direction when leaving.
>
> ++Lar
PS- sounds like I missed a superb Fest (family commitments this time) at the
weekend.
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