{"id":749,"date":"2006-05-11T10:32:32","date_gmt":"2006-05-11T15:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2009-11-27T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T20:12:26","slug":"turnout-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"Turnout study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Typical turnout<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/londongirlgeekdinners.co.uk\/?phantom_punch\">Phantom Punch the movie<\/a><\/strong> Click on the picture for a larger version&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/turnout1large.jpg\" title=\"Click For A Larger View\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/turnout1.jpg\" align=\"top\" alt=\"Paris\" \/><\/a><br \/> <em style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/isighttech.com\/?unstable_fables_tortoise_vs_hare\">Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare on dvd<\/a><\/em> <font size=\"1\">Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris<\/font><\/p>\n<p>This is a good shot of how a typical prototype (and model) turnout is designed.  I would guess this is about a #8 turnout leading into a storage track in a yard.  It can be observed how these are made, there is a very noticeable &#8220;kink&#8221; where the switch point settles against the stock rail, about a 2 degree angle.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"display:none\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barryshamis.com\/?orgies_and_the_meaning_of_life\">Orgies and the Meaning of Life full<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> From here a spiral curve connects the points to the frog.  The section through the frog is straight, allowing mass produced frogs to be used.  From there the track continues straight for a short section, finally curving to the final route.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/netchick.net\/?the_war_of_the_roses\">The War of the Roses<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p> At a distance turnouts appear to be a simple track curving from the straight route, but a closer look reveals several sections of differing geometry.  Unless you are in Briton, they have a very different approach&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p> <strong style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chessasia.net\/?bread_and_roses\">Bread and Roses download<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<form style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/time-travel.com\/?max_payne\">MAX Payne dvdrip<\/a><\/form>\n<p style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/satellitephonesinfo.com\/?a_fistful_of_dollars\">A Fistful of Dollars divx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  -Tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typical turnout Phantom Punch the movie Click on the picture for a larger version&#8230; Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare on dvd Image Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Warris This is a good shot of how a typical prototype (and model) turnout is designed. I would guess this is about a #8 turnout leading into a storage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.port-kelsey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}