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Randy Hees

July 03, 2014 11:59AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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The track arraingment is called a "draw" and as you suspected is used to change from 3 rail dual gauge to 4 rail dual gauge as used on the turntable.

The term, "draw", is also used for the track used to transfer the third rail from one side of the standard gauge to the other (as in a wye)

Randy

Randy Hees

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NSRM trackage	dougvv	July 03, 2014 10:38AM
Re: NSRM trackage	Randy Hees	July 03, 2014 11:59AM
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