Transfer Tables/Traversers

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CowGoesMoo - 20 Jun 2004 14:17 GMT

Hi,

I've started looking at microlayouts that use either "transfer tables",
"traversers", or turntables instead of space-gobbling turnouts. However, I've
not found anything on how to go about building and wiring them. Can anyone
recommend any web sites?

Thanks

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Digital Railroader LLC - 20 Jun 2004 14:50 GMT

> I've started looking at microlayouts that use either "transfer tables",
> "traversers", or turntables instead of space-gobbling turnouts. However, I've
> not found anything on how to go about building and wiring them.

There is an interesting transfer table being used on the Proto 87 shunting
layout based on the PRR -
http://www.nmrabr.freeuk.com/p87/home.htm

Check under "Gallery" - I think the photos on construction start on about
page 9.

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http://www.digitalrailroader.org

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Gene - 20 Jun 2004 15:18 GMT

try www.carendt.us or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/small-layout-design/

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Jon Miller - 20 Jun 2004 17:37 GMT

There was an article in RMC some months ago. Look in the magazine index.

http://www.index.mrmag.com/

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Gregory Procter - 20 Jun 2004 21:06 GMT

> Hi,
>
> I've started looking at microlayouts that use either "transfer tables",
> "traversers", or turntables instead of space-gobbling turnouts. However, I've
> not found anything on how to go about building and wiring them. Can anyone
> recommend any web sites?

Brawa (HO), Marklin (HO and Z) and MiniTrix (N) make traversers - all you need is
a very fat wallet!
The problem with a traverser is that it needs driving at both ends simultaneously
or it will twist and jamb. You could use racks and a longtitudinal shaft with
matching gears or two nuts/threaded rods geared together, or as I did bell cranks
and a "Z" linkage under the baseboard. It was not particularly elegant but it
worked fine.

Another possibility which appeared on a few prototypes was the "sector plate"
which was basically a small part of a turntable which only turned far enough to
line up with 2 or 3 tracks where the length of a station was severely restricted.
It saves the length of a turnout on a station platform.

> Thanks

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