http://gold.mylargescale.com/TrotFox/pix/track/frog1.JPG
http://gold.mylargescale.com/TrotFox/pix/track/frog2.JPG
There's more photos of pieces of this turnout and track at;
http://gold.mylargescale.com/TrotFox/pix/track
I can provide more photos if you need them. :)
Trot, the snappy, fox...
At 10:28 AM 10/31/02, Kevin Strong wrote:
These switches aren't limited to mainline high speed use, either. The narrow gauge East Broad Top had two such sprung frogs on a siding. Curiously, these two switches seem to be the only two on the railroad, at least that the adventurous explorers have found under the leaves and underbrush. Why they were on this one particular siding, and not anywhere else is somewhat of a mystery.They only sprung closed on the mainline side of things, not on both. This siding was a very commonly used siding as well. One theory goes that the frog was sprung because both ends of the siding were on an uphill grade, and the locomotives working hard uphill had a tendency to hunt the rails. Seems the most plausible explanation, but then the EBT had lots of sidings on grades. Still, the point is that they show up in the most curious of places. Now, all I have to do is figure out how to build one in 1:20.3. Later, K
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