Re: Fulton Chain RR ("Peg Leg" ) in New York State

Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> The other question about the FCRR is
> how switches were built. They were probably stub
> since a wooden switch point could splinter under
> the drivers of a locomotive, although with stub
> turnouts end batter (or shatter) would be a
> problem.

I'm really curious about the switches also. My first thought was that they could have been single-point "kick" switches of the kind sometimes used in mines (and I've seen pictures of wooden kick switches on tramways in Europe), but I'm not sure they would be safe under a locomotive.

-Philip Marshall