watch how do train track switches work

watch how do train track switches work
To make a train change its track, a special mechanical arrangement is made. This arrangement is known as a railroad switch and it consist of pair of rails, known as switching rails or points, that are linked to one another, If it is locked the train will change the track. If it is open, it will go straight-through.
how do train track switches work
Where the tracks diverge are two movable pieces of rail called points between the outer rails. (The British usually refer to the whole switch as points.) One end is tapered and shaped to fit tightly against the outside rail. The points are pivoted at the other end. Near the moving end they are connected with a throw rod which links them to a mechanical device that provides the lateral motion. As one point moved to one outer rail, the other point is pulled away from its rail. The point directs the flanges on the wheels to the proper route. At the other end of the switch, where the rails cross, is an arrangement of rails with gaps allowing the flanges to cross the other rail. This is called the frog. Any similar arrangement of rails is called a frog, such as where one track crosses another without connection. Alongside the rail opposite the frog is a short length of rail called a guard rail. It helps to guide the wheels on the outside rail.
changes track at crossing,
Most railroads restrict speed through a switch to avoid the chance of a derailment. Track switches for high-speed trains are specially designed to take the extra force and require frequent attention.
how train change track
In the early days of railroading there was another type of turnout called a stub switch. These were widely used until the latter part of the Nineteenth Century. In this switch, the whole rail was moved. Again, a diagram makes it easier to understand.
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[HaveANiceDayLol.]

0:30 Did you really have to edit *grass* into the footage?

[raymondjackson]

When I was hopping trains around Detroit, as a young kid. Switches were fascinating, but scary. They didn't have many remote switches back then, but a few. And I knew that if your foot, got caught in that track when the switch was being switched, you'd be stuck. And guess what? A train is a' coming!

[markstockton]

Can't you make them so that they are just forced into position by the train wheels? So you don't need any powered mechanism on the track itself? You could have a steering blade on the front of the train to bias the direction it closes so the train can choose which way it wants to go, it can work in both directions, you could make a simpler more robust system.

[lostmic]

The most hardest sound track to an engineering video that I ever heard at the end lol

[philiphickman]

Is this one of those Youtube videos made from other peoples Youtube videos from Japan, Network rail UK & some Euro rail videos combined into a video explanation of how railway switches work for American's to monetarize for profit ?

[TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very nice video. Thanks for posting this. :)

[robertolopessoares]

Hello! Tooop! Very Nice vídeo! I like trains! Congrats! Thanks!

[ianburnett]

In UK lots of points failures, BR installing hydraulic system clamp locks, kept failing, I was on S&T tried to get them abolished replaced by HW machines. ASE was 'Wrong man for the job'had to be paid off, replacement narcissistic told by Chairman BR Board that he was to be sacked in 6 months time unless failures dropped. Made lots of recommendations to reduce failures. 2 were carried out, 1 was to have all 4 men out on track, top grade didn't want to do outside work, 2nd can't say, did improve railway operations considerably. Bought man in from Swanley led a task force team found lots of equipment faults reduced failure rate.

[dipsetny]

I guess I won’t be working on the Railroad.