1 / 8

Turnout Designs

Eagle Point Rail Road. Turnout Designs. EPRR Switches 8-20-06. Switch Design. Actual Lead. 3. 10. Curved Closure Rail. 1/2 - in. Point of Frog. 9. 5. 8. 18. Lead Curve. Toe Length. 1/8”Point of Switch. Heel Spread 6 1/4”. 11. 12. 15. Overall Length. 13. 16. 17.

tala
Download Presentation

Turnout Designs

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Eagle Point Rail Road Turnout Designs EPRR Switches 8-20-06

  2. Switch Design Actual Lead 3 10 Curved Closure Rail 1/2 - in. Point of Frog 9 5 8 18 Lead Curve Toe Length 1/8”Point of Switch Heel Spread 6 1/4” 11 12 15 Overall Length 13 16 17 Heel Length Frog Angle Track Centers Turnout 14 Length of Switch Rail 4 19 Straight Closure Rail 2 6 Radius of Center Line 1/2 - in. Point of Frog Straight Closure Rail

  3. No. 6 Turnout Points 18” Straight Rail Lead distance to Points 6 3/4” Curved Closure Rail Offset 7 ½ “ Straight Heel Rail kink Frog Points Straight Closure Rail Curved Heel Rail Curved Rail Guard Rail appropriate length about 9” to 12” Guard rail spacer ¼ “ cu tube No. 6 Frog 0.640” Toe Length Heel Length 0.675” 0.675” Frog Angle No. 6 Cannonball Frog 31/4” 9 deg 6” No. 6 Rogers-Cooke Frog 2 ½” 9 deg 7 ½” Eagle Point Railroad No. 6 Turnout 8-20-06 RLT Update 4-12-07

  4. No. 7 Turnout Straight Tail Rail Points 22” Straight Rail Frog Curved Closure Rail Lead distance to Points 12” Curved Closure Rail Offset 7 ½ “ Straight Heel Rail kink Frog Points 22” Curved Heel Rail Straight Closure Rail Frog Straight Closure Rail Curved Rail Guard Rail appropriate length Curved Tail Rail Rogers-Cooke Frog Guard rail spacer ¼ “ cu tube Toe Length Heel Length 0.640” Frog Angle 7 deg Use #8 frog 0.675” 0.675” Eagle Point Railroad No. 7 Turnout 8-20-06 RLT Updated 4-12-07

  5. No. 8 Turnout Straight Tail Rail Points 22” Straight Rail Frog Curved Closure Rail Lead distance to Points 12” Curved Closure Rail Offset 7 ½ “ Straight Heel Rail kink Frog Points 22” Curved Heel Rail Straight Closure Rail Frog Straight Closure Rail Curved Rail Guard rail spacer ¼ “ cu tube Curved Tail Rail Guard Rail appropriate length No. 8 Frog 0.640” 0.675” 0.675” Toe Length Heel Length Frog Angle No. 8 Cannonball Frog 3” 7 deg 11 1/2” No. 8 Rogers-Cooke Frog 2 ½” 7 deg 5 ½” Eagle Point Railroad No. 8 Turnout 11-8-07 RLT

  6. No. 10 Turnout Straight Tail Rail Points 30” Straight Rail Frog Curved Closure Rail Lead distance to Points 12” Curved Closure Rail Offset 7 ½ “ Straight Heel Rail kink Frog Points 22” Curved Heel Rail Straight Closure Rail Frog Straight Closure Rail Curved Rail Guard Rail appropriate length Curved Tail Rail No. 10 Cannonball Frog Guard rail spacer ¼ “ cu tube 0.640” Toe Length Heel Length 0.675” 0.675” Frog Angle Eagle Point Railroad No. 10 Turnout 8-20-06 RLT

  7. Bridle for turnout Drill and tap hole for ¼ “ bolt ¼ - 20 x ¾ “ stainless steel bolt with nylon nut – 2 req. Drill 3/8 “ hole for ¼ “ rod in center of folded back piece Finished view 1” 3” 2 ¼ “ 5 ¼ “ 2 1/2 “ 13” Heat and bend 90 deg End view cutout 14” Hammer flat for # 4 bolt to attach to throw ¼ - 20 thread on one end 12” adj for switch no. 6” 1/8” Alum rod threaded ¼ “ - 20 for 6” on one end and 1” on the other end Eagle Point Railroad Turnout Bridle 8-22-06 RLT Bend appropriately for throw arm ¼ - 20 coupling

  8. Angle of frog: #8 = 7 degrees #6 = 9.5 deg.

More Related