Were there ever any 5-way points?

[jim.snowdon]

On 28/04/2024 at 12:53, Compound2632 said:

 

You have to wonder whether all that froggery didn't offset any saving in using a stub switch.

 

Stub switches go back to the early days of railways, when the specialised machine tools required for making tapered switch rails were often not available. By comparison, the machining involved in making a crossing is much simpler. Only the crossing nose requires any machining, the rest being a matter of rail bending.

[melmerby]

On 28/04/2024 at 17:35, Michael Hodgson said:

I have a vague recollection from about half a century ago of a Coventry museum telling me about some local factory having built a 21-seater bike only it proved too heavy to move.

I've seen one with two rows of riders but I can't remember how many in total.

 

You can buy a 5 seater off the shelf:

[melmerby]

On 28/04/2024 at 17:35, Michael Hodgson said:

But there's always this ....

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/worlds-longest-bike-looks-like-the-support-structures-of-a-walmart-store-146352.html#agal_0

The longest one now outdoes that one being more than 41m long and seating a couple of a dozen riders