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Detailing points


Taigatrommel

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A chance ebay find a while back provided me with a load of detailing parts for DR pointwork, sold as Tillig cat # 85509, although actually containing various Erbert parts- axle counters, point motors, check mechanism, markers, locking mechanism and mysterious electrical boxes. There were next to no instructions, so it took me a while to suss the placement, and even then it was only from an illustration on a Tillig dealer's site. So, armed with a little data and no knowledge, I have attempted to put these details in the right locations around Peco points.

 

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All OK here as far as I can tell. The problem is, I don't know how I'm going to fit the details in on the next point up, nor what to do on the double slip. Guesswork seems my best option at this stage. Still, hopefully, even if I don't get it right, it'll add to the general sense of place.

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Those parts certainly add a lot to the look and feel of your trackwork - any trackwork, of course :) . Must keep that in mind if I should ever build a layout of my own!

 

I could have a try to find out about the placement of all those bits on real double slips - though, looking at Frankfurt Central, they are usually quite a bit into the track field and more or less difficult to make out from the platforms. Not sure if there were any differences in placing all those parts between the Bundesbahn and Reichsbahn, but I guess it could still be helpful.

 

Perhaps the following (German) site might be helpful as well: http://www.gleisbau-welt.de/

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Looking good. Is the big grey box a heater, or is it one of those cranked drives that they have on high speed points?

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Er... I assumed it was the lock to be honest. I've seen similar on points which definitely aren't high speed.

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