Small Wye?

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I'm after any ideas for a small (but not R1) Wye = Y point with equal diverging paths.

Ideally what I'd like is an Aristo WR (10ft diameter/1500mm radius) Wye, but it doesn't exist. For the uninitiated the Aristo LH/RH WR points are 475mm long. The Aristo #6 Wye is a very nice point but at some 900mm its just too long for the location.

Does anybody have experience of any others - GRS, Thiel? Or could offer me a length measurement please? Or any other solutions?

mike
 
I have a Thiel curved point on my layout nice piece of brass work, solid brass frog switchable with a switch not included LGB motor fits straight on:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:


Down side Cost:brokeheart::brokeheart:
 
Had a GRS one about 2 ft in length, but it was too long in my case as I use R1/R2.

I sold it at G-Rail last month....
 
Bertram Heyn makes both R2 and R3 Y-points, you can find them on this page (scroll down past his ultra-tight-radius Feldbahn track, and you'll find his "normal" sleepered ones for larger radii):
http://www.modell-werkstatt.de/gleissystem/weichen/index.html < Link To http://www.modell-werksta...tem/weichen/index.html

I've never used them myself, but have been very tempted by some of his items - the prices are certainly not crazily high either.

Jon.
 
Used one of his turntables on my layout as well :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Again a well built item, and when i get round to it i will be ordering other items from him......:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:
 
steve parberry said:
Used one of his turntables on my layout as well :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Again a well built item, and when i get round to it i will be ordering other items from him......:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:
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Any pictures Steve? :bigsmile:
 
Brilliant speedy input already, many thanks.

Sorry to have missed yours Gizzy.

But why didn't I think of Heyn? I have some ultra tight radius of his, very good quality too.
 
Phil said:
steve parberry said:
Used one of his turntables on my layout as well :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Again a well built item, and when i get round to it i will be ordering other items from him......:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:
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Any pictures Steve? :bigsmile:
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Yes and er No


I have just changed PC's and have yet to move over images.


But i have posted some before.
 
WKDOR said:
Brilliant speedy input already, many thanks.

Sorry to have missed yours Gizzy.

But why didn't I think of Heyn? I have some ultra tight radius of his, very good quality too.
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Got any pics of his Radius-0 stuff in use? Some months ago I asked on here whether anybody had actually used any of his products, and didn't get much response.
For a while I've been thinking about his R0 track for a minimum-space G scale feldbahn indoor layout.....

Jon.
 
Further to my earlier post, looking at Heyn's website more carefully I think only the R3 Y is for "normal" G scale track - the R2 ones are listed as "schleppweiche" (translation please from any native German speakers on here? Google Translate just gives me "sluggish soft"....!) and use the feldbahn-style "rustic" sleepers.

From your original question, though Mike, I'm sure the R3 Y would fit the bill.

Jon.
 
Thanks Jon

At present Min Diameter is 10ft so that's what I'd like ideally and I could go a bit bigger.

No pix, sorry. My Heyn R0 curved track is the conventional looking variety (not the quaint, rustic Feldbahn ones with unique sleepers). Very sturdy to the point of being quite tight to connect up. Its been down for three years as a turntable race in extreme weather conditions - without any sign of any problems. Very satisfied, no connection etc.

mike
 
Bit more research brings me to this beauty from Thiel aka Train-Li USA:

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But then I should hope so too at Euro 150.

Does anyone have one please? I am hoping some kind soul can measure its length for me.

Or can anyone compare and contrast it with the similar GRS jobby?

mike
 
Zerogee said:
the R2 ones are listed as "schleppweiche" (translation please from any native German speakers on here? Google Translate just gives me "sluggish soft"....!)
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The weiche bit has mis-translated, it does mean soft (as in soap powder) but in technospeak it means a point. Schleppen means to carry, tow or transport. A lowloader or car recovery vehicle is a schleppwagen. :nerd: You can take it from there :thinking:
 
pugwash said:
Zerogee said:
the R2 ones are listed as "schleppweiche" (translation please from any native German speakers on here? Google Translate just gives me "sluggish soft"....!)
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The weiche bit has mis-translated, it does mean soft (as in soap powder) but in technospeak it means a point. Schleppen means to carry, tow or transport. A lowloader or car recovery vehicle is a schleppwagen. :nerd: You can take it from there :thinking:
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I quoted the literal translation via Google for amusement value more than anything.... ;)
Yes, I'm familiar with the term "schlepper" as applied to tractors or towing vehicles (especially tracked vehicles), and I know that "Weiche" is point/turnout when used in a railway context; but "tractor point" still doesn't make a lot of sense; I was hoping that a native German-speaker on here might be able to offer an in-context translation rather than a literal one....?

Jon
 
See the photo here
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenbahnweiche#Schleppweiche
It's a point where the entire track swings to switch routes, not just the usual two inside rails. Presumably the schleppen part refers to pulling the whole thing from side to side.

It says the earliest points were of this design but weren't safe for higher speeds and were replaced with other designs.
 
ntpntpntp said:
See the photo here
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenbahnweiche#Schleppweiche
It's a point where the entire track swings to switch routes, not just the usual two inside rails. Presumably the schleppen part refers to pulling the whole thing from side to side.

It says the earliest points were of this design but weren't safe for higher speeds and were replaced with other designs.
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Thanks Nick! That makes a lot of sense, even more so when I look at the design of the ones on Heyn's site.... I assume that the type was still used on some very light industrial and field lines, hence why he makes them for his feldbahn stuff.
My Google-Fu was weak tonight, so I hadn't looked in the obvious place!
:bigsmile:
Jon.
 
MRail said:
Sounds like a stub point.
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Yeah, that would be the equivalent. Was trying to remember what the term was, ta.
 
Zerogee said:
I assume that the type was still used on some very light industrial and field lines, hence why he makes them for his feldbahn stuff.
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Yeah, mountain railways and industrial stuff. Pretty sure I've seen them for temporary tracks for logging and sugar cane etc. Much easier to make I suppose, just a couple of rails cut and allowed to slide sideways a bit: no need for fancy chamfering/undercutting of rails to sit nicely against another.
 
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