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posted: 26 Mar 2010 20:10 from: Gordon S click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Probably a daft question, but just completed a double junction complex with a 8.25 switched crossing. When doing the first tests with a Bachmann bogie wagon it simply sailed through the crossing, which was great, but even seemed to like going across the adjacent curve without problem as though it were a double slip. Has a very shallow crossing or something similar ever been used as a slip in protype practice? I said it was a daft question, but it seems a very easy way of creating a double slip..... Stop laughing at the back....  |
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posted: 26 Mar 2010 21:45 from: Martin Wynne
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Gordon S wrote: Has a very shallow crossing or something similar ever been used as a slip in prototype practice?Hi Gordon, Try again with an 8-coupled locomotive at speed. And hang on to your soup in the dining car. You would need very long crossing angles to create anything usable. For example a 1:24 switch-diamond would give you the same deflection angle (and speed restriction) as an "A" size switch, i.e. suitable only for yards and sidings. For the equivalent of a B switch you would need a 1:32 switch-diamond. Much easier to put two turnouts toe-to-toe if you don't want a proper slip.  regards, Martin. |
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posted: 26 Mar 2010 21:58 from: Gordon S click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Told you it was a daft question......and my bogie hopper sailed straight through... Looks like some interlocking will be needed on the crossing if I'm not to spill my diners meals then....  |
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