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    Flipping rail track switch - GIF

    Flipping rail track switch.




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    Doesn't seem like a lot of support for a train.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker View Post
    Doesn't seem like a lot of support for a train.
    Well, it is a cogged railway and the loads aren't quite as high. This is a straight to cross over switch, which is probably much easier to do this way than making a regular crossover.

    Imagine a railway in the steep mountains...

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    I think this might be the Pilatus Railway in Switzerland.



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