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  Switches vs. Turnouts (was Re: APOLOGY
 
(...) Not really. Let me clarify my position. I don't feel it's appropriate to suppress information sharing, and I don't think the originator of a thread has some sort of exclusive say about what is on or off topic. I'm not sure I care to comment (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: APOLOGY
 
Maybe we should start a group called lugnet.flame... then we could go on talking about trains or what have you, in the specific groups. Todd? Are you guys finished? I have a new topic... Is it points, switch tracks, or turn-out...??? or Is it a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
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  Re: Switches vs. Turnouts
 
(...) In the UK, I always understood them to be called points, because that's what they were called in model railway catalogues and is what they were called in common usage. However someone recently told me that actually the name is different (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Switches vs. Turnouts
 
(...) Crossover. This typically will mark the beginning or end of a block in CTC territory. It typically did not require an interlocking tower. (...) A crossing. There is no implication of connection from one track to the other. However, since the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Switches vs. Turnouts
 
(...) Most of the times on the railroad that I work for (Norfolk Southern), if one is referring to the points of a switch, we call them points, as in to make sure there is nothing fouling the points before throwing a switch, i.e. something that fell (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)

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