The Very Last White River and Northern Railroad

[Cajonpassfan]

I really like your solution for attaching the point to the throw bar.  Clever!

Beautiful, as usual. But I can’t quite see how the points are attached to the throw bar...?
Otto K.

[CRL]

Are you intending to have the points throw bar gapped only on top, but not on the bottom? Where your Z-bend comes out the bottom of the throw bar, it could touch the cladding enough to pass current between the points. Just checking since you indicated the attachment was permanent.

You make hand laying turnouts look almost… fun.

[nickelplate759]

The turnout is so precise that it looks much larger than I know it really is!

Are you pre-bending the rails?   I'm guessing you also have a jig for shaping the points and frog - if so I would very much like to see what those jigs look like.

[DKS]

Are you intending to have the points throw bar gapped only on top, but not on the bottom? Where your Z-bend comes out the bottom of the throw bar, it could touch the cladding enough to pass current between the points. Just checking since you indicated the attachment was permanent.

There is sufficient clearance around the relief cuts that the point parts don't bridge the gap.

Are you pre-bending the rails?   I'm guessing you also have a jig for shaping the points and frog - if so I would very much like to see what those jigs look like.

Yes, I pre-bend the rails. No, I don't use a jig to shape the points and frog--I grind them by eye.

[DKS]

Beautiful, as usual. But I can’t quite see how the points are attached to the throw bar...?

Hopefully this will clarify things. On the top are the parts; on the bottom is how they're assembled.

[ednadolski]

That is really some impressive work.   Sure is a lot smaller than the cast Code 125 P:48 points,

Ed

[CRL]

There was a recent discussion in another thread about how to best secure the points to the throw bar on very small rail. This looks like a much more elegant solution than any of the methods I remember being discussed there.

[Cajonpassfan]

Hopefully this will clarify things. On the top are the parts; on the bottom is how they're assembled.

Ah, yes, very clever. I should have figured it out from the previous posting. Thank you.
Otto

[wazzou]

@DKS curious, do you see any wheel drop in either route at your frog?

[DKS]

@DKS curious, do you see any wheel drop in either route at your frog?

I'm not seeing any. At the very least, nothing derails on the frog.

[DKS]

Remember this bridge?



I wanted to recycle it, but there were clearance issues where the line crosses over itself.





A couple of reference photos solved the problem, and inspired a bit of scratchbashing.

[garethashenden]

Did you reuse the girder and just raise it or does it have a different origin from the rest of the bridge? It looks quite good.

[DKS]

Did you reuse the girder and just raise it or does it have a different origin from the rest of the bridge? It looks quite good.

Thanks. The deck girders are Atlas; the new through girders are Micro Engineering.

[DKS]

Finished another turnout. This one is a wye.

[Chris333]

The wye looks much better there.