. Elements of railroad track and construction . ays placed so that the train on the main lineruns into the heel of the switch as indicated by the arrowin Fig. 60. With the best of care it is difficult to keepthe point of the switch rails a and a firmly against therail, and if it should become battered or loose and a trainrun into from a direction opposite that indicated by thearrow, there would be grave danger of a above discussion holds good only on a double-trackrailroad; on a single track, of course, there is no the switch is at a point where all trains run slowly,t
. Elements of railroad track and construction . ays placed so that the train on the main lineruns into the heel of the switch as indicated by the arrowin Fig. 60. With the best of care it is difficult to keepthe point of the switch rails a and a firmly against therail, and if it should become battered or loose and a trainrun into from a direction opposite that indicated by thearrow, there would be grave danger of a above discussion holds good only on a double-trackrailroad; on a single track, of course, there is no the switch is at a point where all trains run slowly,then running into the point of a switch does not makemuch difference. 92 TURNOUTS. 93 Switches are of two general types: viz., point switchesand stub switches. A point switch is shown in and 60. The rail C C is continuous, but the rail 5^^=^— w A b n b —C Fig. 59. A A is bent at a so that it becomes part of the turnoutrail A a B. 103. Stub Switch.—The stub switch, Fig. 61, is acrude device only placed in sidings that turn out from. a siding that is not used much. Both the main railsare broken and the parts a b and a V of the main railare not spiked, all the rest being spiked. Fig. 61 showsthe switch set for the turnout; when set for the main
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