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Re: Track to return engine? In English?
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Mon, 26 Feb 2001 15:26:41 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Harvey Henkelman writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Sonnich Jensen writes:
> > Hi!
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > What is the stopper (buffer stop) called in English?
> >
> > 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
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 run-around.
Josh
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| (...) In addition to a name for a switch, a wye is also a triangular arrangment of trackage that allows a train or locomotive to reverse the way that it faces. Similar to a "3 point turn" with a car, you proceed down one branch, reverse to cross (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) 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 (23 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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