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| Author: | hankmorris [ Mon Jan 27, 2003 8:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Triangle vs. Wye? |
Triangle — Additional track laid at a major junction to allow trains to be turned by running the three sides of the triangle rather than reversing in a wye. How do they differ? hankmorris@earthlink.net |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Mon Jan 27, 2003 10:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Triangle vs. Wye? |
> How do they differ? The continent you're standing in. "Triangle" is British English jargon; "wye" is American. As a practical reality, however, a wye may or may not have track continying off of it and serve as a junction with another line (think Keddie Wye, or the ends of Rockville Bridge, or....), whereas in British practice a triangle typically served solely as a turning point, although triangle junctions existed aplenty as well in the UK. lner4472@bcpl.net |
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