03-21-2010, 02:42 PM
I couldn't find a transfer table either. What little I know of them, is that they were primarily used to move cars to parallel tracks. I don't remember any being used to move locos. Turntables are still used in some yards, for turning locos, the table in Waukegan, Il. is still active.
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe most transfer tables couldn't handle the weight of a locomotive, where that weight has to be carried by the bogies at each end of the "bridge", as opposed to a turntable where the center pivot carried the bulk of the weight.
That said, it is your railroad, and either way you may find that you will have to kit, or scratch build. It is another learning curve, waiting to be "climbed".
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe most transfer tables couldn't handle the weight of a locomotive, where that weight has to be carried by the bogies at each end of the "bridge", as opposed to a turntable where the center pivot carried the bulk of the weight.
That said, it is your railroad, and either way you may find that you will have to kit, or scratch build. It is another learning curve, waiting to be "climbed".
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!