Hidden in the pavement.
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Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris
Found this hidden in the road in an industrial area in Hamilton. Looks like it has not been used in several decades. Interesting to see the remains of an old turnout still buried in the pavement. I followed the maze of trackwork that once snaked its way through this area, must have been quite extensive at one time.
Turn the River ipod
I missed all the interesting railroading.
-Tim
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Down the dumper…. The Rainmaker ipod
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The old saying “If its too good to be true, it probably is”, is usually true.
The front runner
Red Doors move
for our new location, which has a fantastic living space, retail possibilities, excellent shop, power and manufacturing potential, might be scuttled because of an outdated septic system that can not be replaced up to current building codes.
Try as we might, it does not look like a solution can be found to what appears to be a simple problem.
Crap.
-Tim
Prototype for Atlas turnouts?
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Firestarter 2: Rekindled rip
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This is an unusual find. Typically turnouts built in North America all have straight frogs, that is, a short section of straight track where the two routes diverge. Even though most turnouts look like the diverging route curves at a constant radius, there is actually a straight piece parallel to the frog.
This is the first example I have seen of one with a complete curve through the frog, no straight section. Not sure why this was done at this location on the front lawn of Dofacso.
Timeline ipod
Some ready-to-run (model) trackwork have these curved frogs in them, this allows the turnouts to be dropped into a section of curved track so common in the older “train sets”. Higher quality turnouts based on a more “prototypical” design usually have straight frogs.
That trip to Dofasco a few weeks ago sure was a gold mine of interesting trackwork!
-Tim
