Turntables

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Ron

An impressive project!  I will forward the YouTube link to my friends at CALS in Baltimore (calslivesteam.org).

Now, I sure feel inadequate using a scrap of 8" diameter PVC to represent the abandoned pit of the Norton turntable on my layout.

Bob Bayles

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> On Mar 31, 2016, at 09:53, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> 
> Way back in 2002, I wanted information on the Lambert's Point Turntable. I had photographed it in the late 50's and wanted to use it for our RR.
> 
> I communicated with Jim Gillium and others, did lots of research, and was lucky to find a set of prints for the identical American Bridge Company 1913 Turntable used in an installation in Albuqueque, New Mexico.
> 
> With those plans, and some modifications,  I was able to fabricate two turntables for each end of the RR.  I wrote about it for the March/April 2008 issue of Live Steam  and Outdoor Railroading Magazine.
> 
> If you want to see the actual work, it's on U-Tube:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7Cou5zVi0
> 
> Ron Peisker
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