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- From: FAFES@livid.uib.no
- Subject: Re: Turning plates
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.085437.3319@alf.uib.no>
- Sender: usenet@alf.uib.no (Bergen University Newsaccount)
- Organization: University of Bergen
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 09:17:05 EMT
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- > Michael Stimac writes:
-
- > We call them turntables here. I'm curious why they would be called
- > "plates" on the other side of the pond? Are the pits planked over
- > so they appear plate-shaped?
-
- Yes, of several reasons. To prevent the pit being filled up with snow during
- winter, to eliminate the danger of falling into the pit and to make it
- possible to maintain the loco on the turning plate. In some areas where
- one or several of above reasons are not present they are not covered with
- planks.
-
- Ivar Gubberud
- E.mail: Gubberud@nsd.uib.no
-