derailer question

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On the question of automatic derailers, does anyone have a better picture
of this mechanism that I can use for reference to 3D model/print it?

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Mike Rector

On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 6:30 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
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> One use (perhaps the main use) was/is to protect active tracks from errant
> cars on side tracks which try to escape to the active line.
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> An example that existed for years in Lynchburg near the former 12th Street
> station on the Durham line was a derailer on a side track that served a
> junk yard. The sidetrack into the junk yard had a significant grade
> downhill toward the Durham line. If a freight car in the junk yard
> “escaped” it would have rolled into the active line (and crossed 12th
> Street at an unprotected crossing) at something greater than slow speed.
>
>      Ray Smoot
> Sent from my iPad
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> On May 18, 2024, at 7:02 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
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> What are they for?
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> Carl Barna
> Emmaus, PA
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> Agree. Didn’t see many but those I saw around Lynchburg were.
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>      Ray Smoot
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> My best memory was they were painted yellow.
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> Jim Nichols
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> On Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 06:11:43 AM CDT, NW Mailing List <
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> What color would these have been in the steam era?  Were they rusty metal,
> or were they painted yellow? some other color?
>
> (I'm still looking for a piece of wire to replace the white styrene strip)
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> Mike Rector
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