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[quote user="croteaudd"] [quote user="Bucyrus"] croteaudd, Sounds to me like you should talk to these people at Railcars Sequencing Turntables, LLC:  <A href="http://www.freightturntables.com/home">http://www.freightturntables.com/home</A>   They have it all worked out and will explain the details.  Their website will load a demonstration in a minute or so.  It is as simple as 2 + 2 = 4   When you get done checking that out, come back and tell us what you think of it. [/quote]  Bucyrus, Thank you for the awareness of the turntable group’s efforts and website. The website demonstration was most fascinating and totally mesmerizing. The turntable’s cost itself seems unbelievably enormous.  But, it is difficult to evaluate the costs without knowing the A to B operating premises that would be used. Finally, I couldn’t help but wondered if centrifugal force would flip boxcars over at the outer ends of the turntable!  The website’s demo was great, but it is unimaginable (at least to me) that such a large, real turntable could safely shift positions that fast. [/quote] croteaudd,   I agree that starting and stopping a 1000-foot-diameter turntable carrying thousands of tons of rolling stock could be problematic.  It would need to be driven and braked from its perimeter.  It poses questions that need to be answered. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> But I am really curious about your sorting system.  Please clarify whether you are referring to a revised methodology using conventional classification yards, or revised hardware that replaces conventional classification yards.   <o:p></o:p> And please explain how you would sort cars without bleeding the brakes.
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