{"id":3209,"date":"2009-05-25T21:57:05","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T02:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=3209"},"modified":"2009-05-28T13:59:04","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:59:04","slug":"turnout-torture-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=3209","title":{"rendered":"Turnout Torture Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Some Switch Machines Installed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XhZwEksyp1E%26hl=en%26fs=1%26rel=0%26border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XhZwEksyp1E%26hl=en%26fs=1%26rel=0%26border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I have completed the installation of some of the Tortoise switch machines.  One half of the layout has them in place, including the section of track with 8 sets of switchpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, I have not been able to test this section of track in its entirety.  With so many movable switchpoints I was unable too keep them all tight against the stock rail while I tested the trackwork with a couple cars.  Now that the machines are in place, I am able to give it a good run through.  Since I am able to whip the cars through at high speed, I *think* a string of cars should work well.  <\/p>\n<p>The trackwork is only half the equation, the cars have to have free rolling wheels and proper weight.  I will work my way through all the cars I intend to use soon, adding proper weight, and free rolling metal wheels.<\/p>\n<p>If all goes well, I should have the remainder of the switch machines in place this week. <\/p>\n<p>I still have one more turnout to build too.<\/p>\n<p>tick, tick, tick&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>-T.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=3215\">On to Next Section&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Switch Machines Installed I have completed the installation of some of the Tortoise switch machines. One half of the layout has them in place, including the section of track with 8 sets of switchpoints. Until now, I have not been able to test this section of track in its entirety. With so many movable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,46],"tags":[27,32,95,28,92,31,33],"class_list":["post-3209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page","category-track-construction","category-cnj-bronx-videos","tag-cnj-bronx-terminal","tag-handlaid-track","tag-switch-machine","tag-tim-warris","tag-tortoise","tag-trackwork","tag-turnout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3209"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3218,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3209\/revisions\/3218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}