Hi All, I am not to familiar with turns outs but would like some pics has to how other folks control theirs.
Thanks
7.5 gauge turn outs
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Geochurchi
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7.5 gauge turn outs
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Re: 7.5 gauge turn outs
Hi Geochurchi...
People use all kinds of levers, motors and such to control turnouts. I use half-scale Heywood Point Levers.
Mike
People use all kinds of levers, motors and such to control turnouts. I use half-scale Heywood Point Levers.
Former Locomotive Engineer and Designer, Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works, Inc. and Riverside & Great Northern Railway 1962-77
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Re: 7.5 gauge turn outs
Mike:
What holds those throw levers in position?
I'm not familiar with Heywood Point Levers.
RussN
What holds those throw levers in position?
I'm not familiar with Heywood Point Levers.
RussN
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Re: 7.5 gauge turn outs
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Geochurchi
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Re: 7.5 gauge turn outs
This is similar to the device I am thinking of.
https://catalog.monroeengineering.com/i ... 2531802993
https://catalog.monroeengineering.com/i ... 2531802993
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Re: 7.5 gauge turn outs
Hi Russ...
The counterweight holds them over. If your switch is smooth enough, and your equipment is heavy enough, they will trail through. Sir Arthur used them three ways. When there was a white stripe on the counterweight it was supposed to be left visible. Mine have stripes for the mainline, which is the way I normally leave them...though I have been known to leave the Car Shed switch lined for the Shed, when Sparky is in there. The counterweight could be 'pinned' on one side or the other of the lever so that the brakeman had to hold the handle over while the move was being made on the opposite route from where the lever was supposed to be left. I'd guess that was for a place where you definitely didn't want a movement into a track by accident. In a yard, for instance, they were 'plain' and could be left in any direction.
Here's a picture of one of the Eaton Railway levers.
Former Locomotive Engineer and Designer, Sandley Light Railway Equipment Works, Inc. and Riverside & Great Northern Railway 1962-77
BN RR Locomotive Engineer 1977-2014, Retired
BN RR Locomotive Engineer 1977-2014, Retired
Re: 7.5 gauge turn outs
Mike:
Thank you for the education.
What I was missing was the counter weight rotating to the other side to hold the handle in position.
Now I get it.
'Love to learn.
Russ
Thank you for the education.
What I was missing was the counter weight rotating to the other side to hold the handle in position.
Now I get it.
'Love to learn.
Russ