Antonito Switch Question
| September 03, 2018 05:18AM |
In one of the postings regarding the last D&RGW narrow gauge freight over Cumbres, one of the photos of the train at Antonito caught my attention.
In this photo:
At the bottom right is a frog on a switch. The frog is set so that a train can only take one direction, onto the siding. How would a standard gauge engine or train be able to go straight through? Clearly the frog would have to move, but with the partial photo I see no mechanism to do that.
In this photo:
At the bottom right is a frog on a switch. The frog is set so that a train can only take one direction, onto the siding. How would a standard gauge engine or train be able to go straight through? Clearly the frog would have to move, but with the partial photo I see no mechanism to do that.
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jcpatten | September 03, 2018 05:18AM |
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Chris Walker | September 03, 2018 05:42AM |
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Fuzzy Money | September 03, 2018 11:21AM |
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Earl | September 03, 2018 12:10PM |
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John K | September 03, 2018 06:48PM |
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John West | September 03, 2018 08:40PM |
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