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LOOPING of POINTS NERly
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:54 pm
by micknich2003
Would anyone like to comment on what exactly was "Looping of Points"?
Re: LOOPING of POINTS NERly
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:52 pm
by Bryan
Looping may be to do with Track circuit bonding as some joint bond wires are looped.
May be a bit early for this though. 1903
Re: LOOPING of POINTS NERly
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:55 pm
by micknich2003
Bryan wrote:Looping may be to do with Track circuit bonding as some joint bond wires are looped.
May be a bit early for this though. 1903
Thanks for your reply, the NERly got its first TC c1905, so obviously not the case in 1903.
Possibly, as a Blacksmith and signal fitter had to be in attendance it related to rivetting up the Crossing Nose, contempoary drawings show NERly Crossings to be rivetted. "Looping" suggests the stretcher bar attachments, see my photo of the Harrison Lock were the stretchers appear to be hung in "Loops" bolted or rivetted to the switch rails. All this of corse is pure speculation, but somewhere, the information must be documented. Thanks, Mick.