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3-Way Stub

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Posted by richg1998 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 4:26 PM

 Thanks, that did it. Though I am using Adobe Reader 9, all I saw in the index was    Layouts - Parallel Lines.  When I clicked on the article I then saw stubs. A liot easier than what I did as I chose under the table control.

Rich

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Posted by mcfunkeymonkey on Saturday, June 6, 2009 3:33 PM

The article "Parallel Lines: Building a Stub Turnout", by Tim Warris (fasttracks dude), is in Issue 2 (April 2009) on page 123.

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Posted by richg1998 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 1:40 PM

 I looked at the index for both downloads and did not see anything that mentions stubs. Do you have a more direct link? Thanks.

I have built some stubs and still looking for more suggestions.

Rich

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Posted by larak on Saturday, June 6, 2009 1:26 PM

mcfunkeymonkey
The humans inserted for scale are 33" tall.
The one I modeled (in 1:1 scale) is on the left.

 

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3-Way Stub
Posted by mcfunkeymonkey on Saturday, June 6, 2009 12:48 PM

Couple months ago took the little ones to the train museum in Sacramento, CA (very awesome place, with an enormous cab-forward inside).    http://www.csrmf.org/default.asp

Outside of the turntable & roundhouse (behind camera in the picts below) is a 3-way stub switch leading to the car barn.  In Model Railroad Hobbyist there is an article about building stub switches http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/ so thought I'd post the prototype pict for any interested.

 

 

 

The humans inserted for scale are 33" tall.
The one I modeled (in 1:1 scale) is on the left.

Cheers!
--Mark

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