My father had an old woven alligator leather buggy whip (which he used about once a year). My brother and I called IT "a switch" I wonder if it could land on "either leg" was the reason?
John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: ctxmf74 To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 2:35 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Switches was Re: Running Boards --- In [email protected], "Pieter" <pieter_r...@...> wrote: > > 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 I used to hang out at the railyard in the summer when I was a kid and ocasionally rode out to jobs with the section gang to watch them repair the track and never heard them use the term turnout, they just called the whole thing a switch. Same with the train crews, I often heard them say something about the switch but I never heard the term turnout till I read it in a modelrailroader magazine and it made me laugh thinking back to my childhood SP friends and imagining them saying something like "pull up short of the turnout old chap " ....dave __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5659 (20101129) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5659 (20101129) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [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/
