that i don’t understand. would two opposed turnouts not be the same as this?
I did find that Wikipedia has a photo of an ‘outside’ slip.
I think @Stan_Ames is thinking of 2 switches facing each other with a crossing for the 2 diverging legs. Sort of like half a scissors crossover.
This complicated switch discussion reminds me of the ones that used to be at the Mt Washington cog RR, which were replaced in 2000.
This is very cool to see. Thanks for sharing, Cliff!
Likewise, I really enjoyed inspecting this stub switch that I found at CSRM.
https://youtube.com/shorts/A6aMMIoVjVA?feature=share
Yeah John the stubs are great, nice and simple! You saw the locking device on the switch stand, I imagine?
I had a friend who worked there for many years, Mike Collins. He passed last year, sadly. When they operated those stub switches, he’d refer to it as “bending some iron.”
Did you see the big swing bridge operate?
After trying out a whole series of different designs I settled on a rather simple set of two turnouts nested together. A curved single or double slip turnout was in the running but I do not need the 4th route and the space available constrained the design.
These two turnouts will be built as a single unit. The space saving feature is that because they are nested, the available clearance only allows one train to transverse the area at a time.
Stan
I’m sorry to hear about your friend, Cliff. We did not see the bridge operating, no. We heard a bell once that sounded like it came from the bridge, but it never moved.
I examined the harp stand, yes. It’s quite an interesting design. I’m going to look for measurements of one online and see if I can design something in CAD.
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Stan, I really like the look of this. Is this two switches you’re bashing together?
I think Stan “rolls his own.”
I thought that as well …hence the add a rack to the mixture in post # 5
Oh, that’s what you meant. I agree!