At the right is another cut-out for a second point motor, not yet installed. The sleepers visible through this second cut-out belong to a section of curved track that is acting as a "place holder" for a future point (see Plate 156).
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Plate 162: Building a locomotive service yard, Part 28: a Hornby R8014 Mark 2 Point Motor inside of a roadbed cut-out
(This plate added OCT 2003)
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The point motor that was mated with a yard point in Plates 160 and 161 is seen here
protruding through a cut-out under the topside-down plywood roadbed of the service yard. The entire point motor fits easily through the 25 millimeter-by-40 millimeter
cut-out.
At the right is another cut-out for a second point motor, not yet installed. The sleepers visible through this second cut-out belong to a section of curved track that is acting as a "place holder" for a future point (see Plate 156). |
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