Double Crossing

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MR SPOCK

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[align=center]On a section of my railway I wanted a way to release loco's when switching, and also save some track length.
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I found a pic of a double crossing or scizzors, it would save about eight foot of track length, then I saw the price!!
I had made a few smaller turnouts before but not 45mm gauge.
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I photocopied some drawings from Peter Bunce and pasted them onto a wardrobe door, then stuck a few copperclad sleepers on with wallpaper paste and let it dry for a few days,
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I got ready made crossing noses from Peco and started soldering,
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I thought that it would take forever but after four hours the first model could use it
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after theat I worked all day sunday and got lots done only stopped cos I ran out of sleepers and solder
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then I tried it for size cut the gaps and fixed it down to test,
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then painted it
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well pleased
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WOW , that looks very technical
 
Nice bit of trackwork:thumbup:
 
[align=center]Its been outside for ten days now and looks like its been there for ever, looking for some nice metal switch stands to finish,
total cost was just under£40 for the bits and nearly four days work,
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Hells teeth, now that is a piece of engineering, well done you
 
Impressive!

I assume it is all working electrically?
 
Hi Mr. Spock,

in Germany, we call that a trousers braces.
Often enough it was combined with cross-switches, what made the difficult mechanics perfect. Like this (but there are better ones)

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It looks great your work,
Gratulation!

Greetings

Frank
 
Back in the old days I used to make that sort of thing in oo gauge... but in G? :nerd: Nah! I take my hat off to you, it looks terrific! :thumbup:
 
i thought a lot if i should post this...dont want to critisize. For more, im not sure if i am right.
But i think there is a little mistake in the system (what makes it look not the smallest way worse!)

Look at this:
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The guardrails make a bend and ar ending soon. But i think they should go further to the mainrail of the crossway.


I can guess it is just a little trick because of the electrics....!




And: please dont get me wrong, im just curious!




Greetings


Frank
 
Very nice work Mr Spock:thumbup:
 
[align=center]Funnily enough the other end of the diamond is the same,

When I had finished I looked and noticed I had not put any check rails (wing rails) on the nose at that very point, but taking it along to the club it was pointed out that I had missed its twin at the other end,(thanks Graham Mills)
the two rails are notched at that point as I couldnt work out another way without having lots of bits to solder,
By the time I had stopped I was seeing more than double ,the two sets are the only electrically dead zones, all the rest is live,
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thanks for your comment,
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[align=center]I cut the rails and left a gap where the polarity would mix,

and the copper coating on the sleepers has a groove cut in thro to the fibreglass underneath so creates a seperation it took three goes to get them all as every time I thought i had done another short became known,
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if you look very close at the sleepers you can just make out the groove, this was taken while the paint was drying, it has toned down to dull finish
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A fantastic achievement. Like all the best engineering, it just looks right. One round of applause coming your way.... :clap:
 
What an excellent piece of trackwork - well done !
How complex is the wiring ? Which bits have to switch ?


Oh, and while I'm at it, I admit to jealousy on a positively industrial scale :laugh:
 
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