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A right-hand railroad switch with point indicator pointing to right Animated diagram of a right-hand railroad switch. Rail track A divides into two: track B (the straight track) and track C (the diverging track); note that the green line represents direction of travel only, the black lines represent fixed portions of track, and the red lines depict the moving components.
US-1 vehicles will run on most other makes of HO slot-car track, but the Action Accessories can only be connected to Tyco US-1 track via the special US-1 Turnouts. US-1 track is a gray version of Tyco Quick Clik and this is compatible with the later Mattel track.
Prices of Zero 1 articles according to the Hornby Railways price list from 1980 [5] R.950 Master Controller: 46.35 £ R.951 Slave Controller: 13.35 £ R.952 Hand Slave Controller (NEW) Autumn: 13.35 £ R.955 Loco Operating Module: 7.15 £ R.956 Accessory Operating Module (NEW) Summer: TBA; For comparison: R.842 LMS Class 5 4-6-0: 23.15 £
The point machine (in this case an electric motor) and associated mechanism used to operate this switch can be seen to the right in the picture. A point machine (also known as a point motor, switch machine or switch motor) is a device for operating railway turnouts especially at a distance.
A single tongue trap consists of only one switch rail, leading away from the main line to a short tongue of rail. This is usually placed in the rail farthest from the main line. Double trap points are a full turnout, leading to two tongues. Usually the tongue nearer the main line is longer than the other.
The wagons were guided by the pronounced flange on the wooden wheels, and the narrow gauge of 480 mm (18 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) allowed the points to be altered by swinging the single switch rail. [1] Contemporary illustration of guided truck used in 16th-century mines in Germany Reconstruction of flat wooden track for transporting silver ore; guidance ...
Carl Roman Abt developed the Abt Switch allowing the two-rail layout, which was used for the first time in 1879 when the Giessbach Funicular opened in Switzerland. [ 7 ] In the United States, the first funicular to use a two-rail layout was the Telegraph Hill Railroad in San Francisco, which was in operation from 1884 until 1886. [ 20 ]
Turnouts facing and trailing. Note that this diagram is for left-hand traffic; for right-hand traffic, "F" and "T" would be swapped. Facing or trailing are railway turnouts (or 'points' in the UK) in respect to whether they are divergent or convergent. When a train traverses a turnout in a facing direction, it may diverge onto either of the two ...