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posted: 4 Jul 2010 16:57 from: Hayfield
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I thought some of you might be interested in this turnout982_041151_430000000.jpg I think the termanology for the type is interlaced. 982_041154_180000000.jpg  Its an old RTR turnout I think the sleepers are Paxoline and brass shin has been wrapped around the sleepers under the rails. 982_041156_350000000.jpg  Please has anyone any information about the makers |
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posted: 4 Jul 2010 17:17 from: Martin Wynne
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Hayfield wrote:Please has anyone any information about the makersHi John, That takes me back.  It is either Welkut or Gem, the former I think. It's not Wrenn as they used a tubular rivet type of fixing. It's easy to see the impact Peco Streamline made when first introduced around 1960. Thanks for the pictures. regards, Martin. |
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posted: 4 Jul 2010 17:24 from: Hayfield
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Martin That was quick. I have a GEM turnout (though it may well be a later version) which has plastic sleepers and a cast frog (that was the weakness in the design as the rails after the V broke easily) Did I get the terminology right (interlaced) please |
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posted: 4 Jul 2010 18:24 from: Martin Wynne
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Hayfield wrote: That was quick. I have a GEM turnout (though it may well be a later version) which has plastic sleepers and a cast frog (that was the weakness in the design as the rails after the V broke easily)Hi John, The earlier Gem track was fibre based as in your pictures. Likewise Welkut, Wrenn and others. When Peco grabbed almost the entire market overnight with their new plastic-based track, Gem introduced a plastic-based turnout with cast rails as in your example. From memory it was 32in radius. It was not a great success for the reasons you found. The timbering was much closer to UK practice than Peco. Did I get the terminology right (interlaced) please?That design of 3-way turnout is usually called a tandem turnout in the UK. The term "interlaced" usually refers to the use of separate plain sleepers instead of long crossing timbers under a turnout. However, I have seen tandem turnouts referred to as "interlaced", and they are known as "lap turnouts" in the USA and elsewhere. Track terminology varies a lot. regards, Martin. |
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