Switch or Turnout?

[toenailridgesl]

QUOTE: Originally posted by artschlosser

On a 1:1 railroad, it's definitely a switch.

Only on Nth American RR's, here in Oz it's a point

QUOTE: Switch key,

Points key

QUOTE: switch lantern,

Points lamp

QUOTE:
split the ** flaming switch,

...(** flaming =BLOODY!!!) points!!!
....ad nauseum. Plus

QUOTE: yard switcher,

shunter

QUOTE: switch crew,

shunters

QUOTE: switch list -

shunting manifest

[Anonymous]

Very well said, Phil! Bravo and cheers.
Now it's off for a pint.
Art

[BillBrakeman]

OKAY! Lets work on being consistent in our terminology. In the "itty-bitty" indoor scales the rail thingamagingy that makes a train switch from one track route to another is called a "turnout". But the electric machine that moves the rail thingamagingy is called a "switch machine" not a "turnout machine." Why? only the gods or Torby knows.

Bill

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Bill,
Are you Blonde with all those "thingamagigys"?

[vsmith]

A Turnout is what you measure at election time[;)]

A Point is what you trying to proof by forcing your opinion on others[:o)]

A Switch is what my dad used to whack me with when I got out of line[:0]


I love English, so many words , too many meanings...[:p]


I use the term Switch and Turnout interchangably, no real difference in their usage. I even occasionally find myself using "Points" [^]