Turnouts and locks

[BigDaddy]

MRVP has a new video of the Iowa Interstate Grimes Line.  The same layout is in a youtube video.  It looks like he has Peco turnouts, which he moves by hand and corresponding key locks in the fascia.

What is the point of the key locks?  0:55 into this video

 

 

 

[cuyama]

BigDaddy

What is the point of the key locks?

To replicate prototype railroads' switch locks.

[BigDaddy]

I guess I should have watched the whole MRVP, it locks the throwbar to the switch to be prototypical for the conductor to unlock the switch.

OK....I don't think it's a feature I want,  I'm lucky if I can find my car keys when I need them.

 

[SeeYou190]

BigDaddy

OK....I don't think it's a feature I want, I'm lucky if I can find my car keys when I need them.

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On my last N scale layout, I had a master key that turned on all the electrical to prevent the kids and their friends from playing with the layout.

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I lost the key.

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-Kevin

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[richhotrain]

This link explains the lock function.

http://mrv.trains.com/layouts/layout-visits/2017/11/mrvp-layout-visit-james-mcnabs-iowa-interstate-grimes-line-in-ho-scale

Rich

[Bayfield Transfer Railway]

I use manual switch throws, and I've been pondering a variety of locking schemes.  Drawer style locks are fairly expensive, and I worry about key replacement.

Right now I'm thinking of using a cheap barrel-bolt lock as the "lock" for the turnouts, with the "locked" position meaning the manual control can't be moved.  I'll also use it on derails.

 

[BroadwayLion]

End of Problem : )

 

No hand thrown switches on subway layout of LION!

 

LION likes not the using of fingers to move actual switch points, but the key lock looks like a good idea, forcing the conductor to get down onto the roadbed, move the switch (which includes unlocking the switch lever if to the mane lion it connects)

Here is House of LION (Upper Right) and the new Halliburton Sand Depot, a nice little layout you can could build at home. Mane Lion swtches are conttroled by computer interlocking [plant in Ft. Worth, Texas, all switches on property are hand thrown, guy in pickup truck goes out to align switches for "Big Train Movements" Guy on donkey handles inplant movements by himself.

Ewe can see that the plant has concrete ties, but turnouts are built on wooden ties.

 

Google "Richardton ND" click on maps, move to satelite view and you can zoom in on the individual cars and see the switch details. (Detail is at the other end of de cat.)

 

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