User:Keotaman

I am a working locomotive engineer, passenger, on the Metro North New Haven Line.(now Ret.)

Interested in electric traction, trains & trams, unusual track alignments, etc.

Email welcome. Questions welcomed on talk/discussion page, from account holders.

Rail links    (verified 9-16-2012)

Turnouts (switches) Railroad_switch Turnout basics http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/railway/turnout.htm Turnouts, by J. B. Calvert - advanced 

Double & Triple Rails Gauntlet_track Interlaced track Dual_gauge Dual & Triple gauge - 3 & 4 rails 

Single Rails http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/scrunch2005a.html Monorail "pinch" track - oops! http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Niles.html Build your own monorail - fascinating</li> </ul>

Variable Gauge wheelsets<ul> <li> Variable gauge axles Change gauge, on the fly!</li> <li> the CAF system (two good wmv clips)</li> <li> the Talgo system click on "Variable Gauge Axles" (nice diagram)</li> </ul>

Other<ul> <li>http://www.steamlocomotive.com/model/trackage.shtml Helixes, Tunnels, Spirals, and Other Unique Trackage</li> </ul>