Re: Which Turntable is Best?
- From: "Jim Stewart" <stewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:51:08 -0500
Pennsy turned observation cars in Jersey City before the Hackensack portals
were built. They also used a car ferry.
"John Purbrick" <jpurbric@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1130692143.928020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <MLidnVRVqszob_7eRVn-iA@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Bob May <bobmay@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>The idea of using a turntable for moving stuff around has never been done
>>on
>>the prototye that I know of. ...
>
> It was quite common in Brtain, but the turntable would be a "wagon
> turntable"
> that wasn't intended for locos, and because European freight cars are so
> small, the turntable was tiny. Here's a British manufacturer's website
> that
> has an illustration of a model with some descriptive text:
> http://www.metalsmith.co.uk/model-railway-products.htm
.
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