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dougvv

January 05, 2013 12:37PM

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It was the use of heavier rail and the inability of a brakeman to be able to "bend the rails" that lead to the development of the point switch.

In the past 10-20 years, I have heard that stub switches with powered switch machines were tested on northern railroads (BN) so that having to dig snow out of the points would not have to be done. I do not recall where this lead.

Doug vV

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Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	shakeyjake	January 05, 2013 11:04AM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	Jeff Taylor	January 05, 2013 12:30PM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	dougvv	January 05, 2013 12:37PM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	hank	January 05, 2013 12:49PM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	Everett Lueck	January 05, 2013 03:59PM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	Brian Norden	January 05, 2013 09:23PM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	Fritz Klinke	January 05, 2013 10:03PM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	bcp	January 05, 2013 06:45PM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	Bruce R. Pier	January 06, 2013 11:16AM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	RDannemann	January 06, 2013 11:26AM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	David Johnson	January 06, 2013 04:52PM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	Larry Spencer	January 07, 2013 10:31AM
Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts	tpeterman	January 10, 2013 11:26PM

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