Hello Randy, Greg, Nathan and All - Interesting to note that this turntable has no pit. The ring rail is flat on the ground and only the lead track and the track that went to the enginehouse are elev
Yes, that is an interesting observation of Burwell, Philip. From the fairly coarse Schuyler photo (the snip I posted, I had already enlarged and interpolated) it does look like it may have had a pit.
My impression is that turntables were more expensive to install and maintain than wyes, since I can think of several instances on the Q and C&S where an original turntable was replaced by a wye. But
The branchline to Columbus, NE had a turntable installed on the north side of the track between 17th and 18th Avenues. It had a timber-lined pit, as I recall, and was driven via electric motor. I see
The branchline to Columbus, NE had a turntable installed on the north side of the track between 17th and 18th Avenues. It had a timber-lined pit, as I recall, and was driven via electric motor. I se
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:22:38 -0700 (PDT)
I have not looked in the last rule book lately, but in the earlier rule books, "T" meant turntable and "Y" (but not Yd) meant wye. HOLDING <sholding@sbcglobal.net> wrote: From: STEVEN HOLDING <sholdi
Much like Washington, IA, Bloomfield, IA which in the 1960's was at the end of the old C B & KC branch also had a weed grown wye for turning the engine. Jack Ferris -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visi
... The Q certainly seems to have liked Lassig (Lassig was one of the companies that merged to form American Bridge Co. in 1900) The deck plate girder bridge over the Platte River on the Omaha line e
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I think you're right Archie...That's the way the old telegraphers would have spelled it. A quick story: In the late 50's there was a young operator who worked on the Lincoln Division..His name was Ar
A big thank you to all who replied to my post/question on turning at the end of a branchline. The info on the Turntable @ Burwell NE will be most helpful and I am going to try and contact those in ch
Author: Randy Gordon-Gilmore <randy@prototrains.com>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 08:39:18 -0500
Pete, I don't know how I missed this, but that is a very nice photo. thank you for pointing it out. I'll use that enginehoue as a pattern for the Schuyler and Ashland engine houses in the absence of