Paul
"Mechanical interlocking and signaling" by Paul Larson and Gordon Odegard
a five or six part article ran in MR Jan -June 1961
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From: "Paul Kossart" <kozys@insightbb.com>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Way Freight
> At 11:59 AM 8/21/2003, "Bob Weber" <eng95@c...net> wrote:
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> >The "pipelines" provided mechanical linkage between signal boards and
switch points and the interlocking levers in the tower. An example of the
interlock levers as they existed in the Christopher, Ill tower can be seen
in the photo at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BRHSlist/ under photos/CB&Q
Ill.
> >The interlocker was a mechanical system that insured that a train could
safely move through an area.
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> Anyone have any photos/links showing the other end of these "pipes", in
fact the whole shootin' match with the raised pedestals they were supported
on, expansion joints(?), connections near and to the turnounts? I'd like to
model them on the layout someday and have no reference photos to go by. Any
help would be appreciated on this.
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> Best . . .
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> Paul - "The CB&Q Guy"
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