Talk:Transfer table

Combined turntable and traverser?
I'm having problems picturing how such a device would work? Can this sectio be sourced or supported with images at all? --Agamemnon2 10:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Apparently there are multiple designs. One option is to move the whole turntable on the transfer table, an example can be found at the Feldbahnmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany (http://www.buntbahn.de/fotos/data/6068/24FFM29.jpg). Another option is to have one place where the movable track segment can be turned in the muddle of a traverser. A photo of such a design from Germany can be found at http://www.rbd-breslau.de/dso-2011/schiebebuehne-003.jpg. While the article mentions that those designs were common in Asia, I do not know about any Asian examples, but there were quite a few in Germany and Denmark. 79.248.181.113 (talk) 13:40, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Roller Coasters
Though not specifically rail related, it appears the same concept is applied to some roller coasters, a couple of examples can be found at Six Flags Discover Kingdom such as with Roar_(Six_Flags_Discovery_Kingdom). Shouldn't such an example be included here? 24.23.38.220 (talk) 03:01, 13 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I should mention that the transfer table used on the roller coaster is strictly for maintenance purposes. It isn't actually part of the ride. 24.23.38.220 (talk) 03:03, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Examples
Metra's Rock Island District still has a very old transfer table in very active use at its 47th/48th/49th Streets shops, where the table serves the coach shop that houses Metra's active and successful in-house coach-rebuilding program. The coach shop and transfer table are just SW of the locomotive shop (formerly colloquially known as "Rocket House"). I've seen the transfer table both in person and in a recent Google Maps aerial photo - https://www.google.com/maps/search/S+Wentworth+Ave+%26+48TH+STREETChicago,+IL+60609/@41.8072461,-87.6304167,97m/data=!3m1!1e3. However, I cannot find a good recent citation, nor a recent up-close photo. But, see also https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/01/rock-islands-47th-street-yard-rocket.html. In 2018, Metra "broke ground" on a project to redo much of the 47th/etc. facility; Metra's recent descriptions of the of the project in its Program reports leave ambiguous whether the transfer table is to be rebuilt. Acwilson9 (talk) 00:42, 20 June 2020 (UTC)