Are you trying to switch the nature of this discussion/ John Armstrong
----- Original Message -----
From: Pieter
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 2:23 PM
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".
>
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