I'm not certain, but I believe a turntable crab was a clamp-like device
which grabbed onto the ring rail to pull the table around. Haven't seen one
personally, but did see photos of a partly-dismantled table that had
ratchet-like notches in the ring rail, presumably for the "crab".
Bob Yarger, Editor
Railway Preservation News (website)
www.rypn.org
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From: Ken martin <kmartin@c...>
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Turntable Sizes
>On the list of turntables there are several listed as as "hand crab" or
"air
>crab". This is a term I am not familiar with, so what is a "crab" as
related
>to turntables?
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>Ken Martin
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