<*>[Attachment(s) from randy@prototrains.com included below]
Greg asked:
> Turntable or a Wye?
>
> If a turntable, any idea as to type?
Excellent timing on your question, Greg. I have been researching the
Ashland-Schuyler branch line (for an upcoming N scale layout), which had a
turntable and single-stall enginehouse at Schuyler. Although that is
long-gone, it turns out that the Central City-Burwell branch line also had
a very similar looking turntable and enginehouse, of which the turntable
still exists. (Both the Schuyler and Burwell branches were made by the
B&MRRRinNE in 1887, and I am imagining they used a standard turntable
design...) I don't know how either turntable was operated "in the day",
but at least in later days the Burwell turntable was turned by compressed
air motor.
A thread with some good pictures of the Burwell turntable is at
http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32399
and a few more photos are at
http://www.abandonedrails.com/Palmer_to_Burwell
>From the one aerial photo of Schuyler that I've been able to find, that
turntable scales out to about 65', which is what I'll make mine (it's just
right to turn a K-4 or a motorcar). I haven't seen a length on the
Burwell turntable, but I am trying to contact the Garfield County
Historical Society, who own the Burwell table, to ask about its size.
I'm attaching snips of the Burwell and Schuyler aerials.
Randy
<*>Attachment(s) from randy@prototrains.com:
<*> 2 of 2 Photo(s)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/attachments/folder/1420049577/item/list
<*> Burwell_May_16_1948(cropped).jpg
<*> Schuyler_July1_1938(cropped).jpg
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