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________________________________ From: Pieter <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 29 November, 2010 19:23:09 Subject: {S-Scale List} Switches was Re: Running Boards 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], 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". > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
