As long as the cut-out method is employed, whereby 25-by-40 millimeter cut-outs are positioned under the points, the entire point can be removed with the attached point motor, because the point motor fits into the cut-out with room to spare.
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Plate 175: Building a locomotive service yard, Part 41: a sub-surface point motor underneath permanent roadbed
(This plate added OCT 2003)
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Here we see a Hornby R8014 Mark 2 point motor in subsurface mounting position underneath the permanent roadbed of the
locomotive service yard. The fact that a point motor is mounted beneath permanent roadbed does not mean that it cannot be easily
removed for repair or replacement, even if the space under the roadbed becomes inaccessible.
As long as the cut-out method is employed, whereby 25-by-40 millimeter cut-outs are positioned under the points, the entire point can be removed with the attached point motor, because the point motor fits into the cut-out with room to spare. |
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