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- Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:54 pm
- Forum: The real world
- Topic: facing point locks
- Replies: 3
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facing point locks
Which way round do facing point locks (FPL) operate?? New South Wales practice is that FPL are released when the lever is pulled over MODRATEC has the FPL locked when the lever is pulled over I note that this is the case in Victoria, where McKenzie and Holland frames are generally used What's the pr...
- Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:16 pm
- Forum: Words & Phrases
- Topic: Acute Crossing
- Replies: 2
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Acute crossing
NSW usage is V crossing
- Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:15 pm
- Forum: Words & Phrases
- Topic: Obtuse crossing
- Replies: 1
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Obtuse crossings
NSW usage is K crossing
- Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:12 pm
- Forum: Words & Phrases
- Topic: Turnout
- Replies: 2
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Points etc
NSW usage by civil engineers is lead, presumably used elsewhere?
- Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:29 pm
- Forum: Words & Phrases
- Topic: Siding
- Replies: 4
- Views: 37261
siding
As many other things, note difference between UK and American usage. UK and Oz usage, a siding is for storage of wagons only, a mainline used for crossing of trains is a loop, whereas US usage is siding