How long before someone makes a model of this?
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Non-intrusive crossover system
Mar 04, 2008
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Vastly overscale flanges will make it more of a challenge in model form.
MBQ
I've seen a similar system in use on streetcar tracks in San Francisco.
Jane Sullivan said the following on 04/03/2008 13:28:
Not quite sure how they can apply for a patent for this because the Penrhyn Quarry used something like that.
There was a very similar system used in some sort of yard in New York, used to gain access to the engine shed if I remember right. Sadly I lost the link during a computer melt-down, but the site was something to do with US signalling.
Cheers Richard
Known, I believe, as climbing crossovers, these have been in use on industrial light railways for many, many years.
Regards, John Isherwood.
Obviously the principle itself is well known, but if they have a developed, say, novel deployment or fixing methods then it may be patentable.
MBQ
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