[PRCo] Re: Cleveland Subway Tours

[Schneider Fred]

Yup.   The reason why a lot of European tram speeds are so much  
higher through facing point switches is elementary.  They commonly  
use double point switches in streets whereas we used cheaper single  
point special work.

fws


On May 25, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:

> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Schneider Fred
> <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I see no problem with facing point switches at 70 mph as long as they
>> are interlocked with signals and cannot be thrown with a car
>> approaching when it is closer than the service brake stopping
>> distance.   But as you implied, it is one of those things you have to
>> get used to when you go from streetcars and non-interlocked switches
>
> and, hell, single point turnouts in some cases
>
>> to a railroad or rapid transit environment where you are protected
>> from a switch being thrown right in front of you or left in the wrong
>> position.
>
>