My delete key lettering has worn off.
Jeff S.

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Pieter <[email protected]> wrote:

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>
> The explanation I have been given is that on the prototype the whole device
> is a "turnout", but the parts that route the train are the "switch". A
> switchman can align or "throw" the switch, only the track gang would align a
> turnout and you would need a crane to "throw" one.
>
> Is this stuff interesting to the list as a whole, or are you busy working
> your delete keys?
>
> Pieter Roos
>
> --- In [email protected] <S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, Rollain
> Mercier <raleig...@...> wrote:
> <SNIP>
> > On switches/turnouts - some railroaders call them turnouts but some
> > call them switches - either way the electric (or pneumatic) gizmos
> > that move them are called "switch machines".
> >
>
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