10-07-2009, 12:42 PM
tv_man Wrote:Yes, I'm talking about the motor. English not being my first language, I hope my English isn't too confusing.
Not a problem, tv_man.
English is not the easiest language to learn and there are some terms that can easily be mistaken as interchangeable ones, such as motor and engine. Model railroaders more or less originated (I think) the use of the word "turnout" to denote a track switch (the moveable points on either a real or model railroad), as it was too easy to confuse a switch for tracks with a switch for electricity.
I think that most real railroaders call them either switches or points, but not turnouts.Wayne
