Standard Railway Switch

I'v been asked to do a detail of a

standard railway switch but can't get my

head around it properly, its a 2 trak to 1

track joining.

Does anyone know where best to get a detail i

can use for REFERENCE only? Thanks in

advance.

P.S. have searched forums already an no joy.

Have you done a Google image search, or perhaps a search for model train track pieces? Some of the detail available in quality model train pieces is astounding.

yep, unfortunately they're all missing

the crucial piece i'm after, the little straight bit

where the curve ends parallel to the track (in the

3mm gap! an i need to draw this accurately to 0.125

of a mm)

who wants/needs it, what for, and don't you have a contact who can supply one?

I'm not being nosey, I may be able to help if there isn't a commercial reason not to

It's sorted - was one of engineers at work, and it would probably ended up in

a commercial use strix - track layout planning - thnx tho, if i could

guarantee it wouldn't be commercially used I'd ask for more.

But engineer decided not to go accurate after all, so he ended up with a

nice sketch that shows things indicatively - (I think I better note on dwg

that bit!)

I've been lookin to build up a contact list for a bit - but as No-one i've

spotted is approved by where I work, I'm not allowed to ask them, don't

you just LOVE red tape!

well that's got me foxed

what was it you said your company do again Skip?

The section I work in is in rail Consultancy,

Design/upgrade/newbuilds in structures

- signal foundations - platforms

etc. . . .

Go down to your local hobby shop and buy a switch. Then go back to the office and draw it.

Model railroads anyone?

http://modeltrains.about.com/od/layoutconstruction/tp/turnouts.htm

They're good but the piece i had to draw isnt actually shown in those

i don't think, i'll have to check an get back to you on it.

Go down to your local hobby shop and buy a switch. Then go back to the office and draw it.

Then slip, on company time, back to your local hobby shop and request a refund!

Or, perhaps your rail supplier can email you a *.dwg or *.pdf file for the rail connection?

The section I work in is in rail Consultancy,

Design/upgrade/newbuilds in structures

- signal foundations - platforms

etc. . . .

so what do you need the switch for?

I don't see why you can't get the info you need from the client

so what do you need the switch for?

 

I don't see why you can't get the info you need from the client

Track layout's part of what we do

as for gettin the info this is an internal job at the moment