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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.
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As more people are hitting the road this summer, the Florida Department of Transportation is urging people to be smart and safe around the tracks. Florida Department of Transportation urging ...
The goods siding on a double line (in the above diagram) uses two trailing points and a diamond. It can be shunted by trains in either direction. This was widely done in New South Wales, though later on the diamond crossing was replaced with a pair of ladder crossovers; such as: Bredalabane (S) Jerrawa (S) Woy Woy (N) Newbridge (W)
A simple wye Countryside wye near Lüderitz, Namibia. In railroad structures and rail terminology, a wye (like the 'Y' glyph) or triangular junction (often shortened to just triangle) is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each corner connecting to the incoming lines.
As Hurricane Milton heads toward Florida, live stream cameras along Florida beaches could capture the storm’s arrival and impacts along the Gulf Coast and in the Florida Keys.
The point clip clamps the end of a moving rail (the switch rail) of a set of points to its associated stock rail, and the scotch is a timber wedge used to ensure that the other moving rail is kept away from its associated stock rail. In this way the points are fixed in either the 'normal' or 'reverse' positions and cannot be moved by the usual ...