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Re: Track to return engine? In English?
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 26 Feb 2001 04:06:30 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Sonnich Jensen writes:
> Hi!
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> English is not my native language, so:
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> What is that track or branch called and final stations so the engine can
> switch to the other end of the train? Overrun? circulation?
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> What is the stopper (buffer stop) called in English?
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> I am working on an update of my pages, should be ready soon.
> If there is a java freak here, then let me know...
>
> Sonnich
Hello Sonnich,the type of track used to allow an engine to run around it's
train is known in English as a wye. It gets it's name from the general shape
of the track layout. -Harvey
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| (...) Wye as in "Y", the term wye is for a switch that splits both ways, as in a capital "Y", the lego switch splits one way froma straight track as in the case of a small "y". The wye is not that actual trem you woyld use here, most likely a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hi! English is not my native language, so: What is that track or branch called and final stations so the engine can switch to the other end of the train? Overrun? circulation? What is the stopper (buffer stop) called in English? I am working on an (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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