n scale transfer table

Brawa makes/made one (#1130) also Model Power offers/offered one (#6513). They are a bit expensive, though. You might check Walthers.

Bill Bill's Railroad Empire

Just a tip if you try building one: junked printers are a good source of cogged belts and cogwheels.

Didn't Fleischmann offer one in N scale also? How about Arnold? I know both made turntables but I'm not 100% sure about transfer tables. Maybe Minitrix?

I'm almost sure that I saw one that was a transfer table which also rotated (like a turntable). I don' t think that one was BRAWA.

Peteski

Petesky replied: Didn't Fleischmann offer one in N scale also? How about Arnold? I know both made turntables but I'm not 100% sure about transfer tables. Maybe Minitrix? I'm almost sure that I saw one that was a transfer table which also rotated (like a turntable). I don' t think that one was BRAWA.

------------------------------------------------- Your memory is a lot better than mine, Petesky. I believe you are right. I suspect that the same transfer table was marked by several manufacturers. I do remember the combination table but can't recall the manufacturer.

Bill Bill's Railroad Empire N Scale Model Railroad:

Isn't a transfer table just a spare loco mechanism set into a girder bridge?

Seems to me that's how the prototype would go about making one--electric nowadays, but a steam goat a hundred years ago.

Indexing would be a challenge, but probably not moreso than with a turntable.

And no more necessary, assuming it's anywhere near enough for the operator to see when the rails are aligned.

Bill wrote: Either the Mass Transit Rly. or the Kowloon-Canton Rly. in Hong Kong has one such device inside their workshops. A most fascinating arrangement to see working.

--------------------------------------------------- I remember seeing one at one of D.C. Transit's car barns (Washington, D.C.) years ago. It moved streetcars from one track to another. It was indeed fascinating.

Bill Bill's Railroad Empire N Scale Model Railroad:

Maybe my memory is better but still not good enough to remamber the specific details. Just a vague recollection...

One of the members of the local N-Trak CLub I belong to had an ENgine Service Facility where he had the BRAWA unit installed (plain transfer table). It was quite impressive to watch. It moved in a realistically slow manner. But it had its share of hiccups too. I remember that he had to often clean the contacts at the edge of the pit. Those feed the power to the bridge motor.

:-) Peteski

Thanks to all.