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DaleSchultz		#1 Posted : 29 December 2007 03:26:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 3,997		I was amazed too see this short radius curve... I would guess it is for turning a tram (Strassenbahn) around. any suggestions ? It is at Karlsruhe at http://maps.google.com/m...003701&z=18&om=1
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ozzman		#2 Posted : 29 December 2007 04:19:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,828 Location: Sydney, Australia		Some model trains would have trouble with a curve like that! There's a tram turning circle like that in (or near) Karlsplatz in Munich, so that's what it might be. In fact there must be quite a few in Munich because all the trams only have driver cabins at one end and doors on one side. The same applies to a number of other German cities.
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DaleSchultz		#3 Posted : 29 December 2007 04:39:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 3,997		I now suspect that the train visible on the right of the picture is probably actually a tram... in fact now that I follow the tracks I see where they join the road system.... When we lived in Munich our apartment was at Machtelfinger Platz - the end of the line for Tram 16 which stopped running a couple of weeks after we moved in.
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foumaro		#4 Posted : 29 December 2007 05:20:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/12/2004(UTC) Posts: 4,430 Location: Attiki Athens Greece		With a similar curve to the other side of track you have a heart.
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Lars Westerlind		#5 Posted : 29 December 2007 09:32:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 19/10/2001(UTC) Posts: 2,379 Location: Lindome, Sweden		Yes, and the tracks are separated from the other tracks as well. /Lars
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ozzman		#6 Posted : 29 December 2007 12:30:50(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,828 Location: Sydney, Australia		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Lars Westerlind <br />Yes, and the tracks are separated from the other tracks as well. /Lars The catenary masts are much lighter too. And to echo Dale's comment, it definitely looks like one of those multiple articulated trams on the right of the photo.
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Purellum		#7 Posted : 29 December 2007 12:51:36(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 08/11/2005(UTC) Posts: 3,528 Location: Mullerup, 4200 Slagelse		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Some model trains would have trouble with a curve like that! Gottardo? [}:)] ( No, no, don't start here. [}:)] ) Per.
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steventrain		#8 Posted : 29 December 2007 13:08:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,692 Location: United Kingdom		I think the tram railcar for used city area.
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intruder		#9 Posted : 29 December 2007 17:03:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 5,382 Location: Akershus, Norway		The turning radius of the street cars can be rather small. Just outside Oslo, at Jar station (combined station for subway and tram) it is a U-shaped track with only approx. 35 meters diameter (radius = 17,5 meters). That gives a H0 radius of just 20 cm. At Google Earth you find it 59 deg 55' 30.27" N and 10 deg 37' 02.42" E. The streetcar returns direction Oslo while the subway, now on the surface, continues westwards.
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Markus Schild		#10 Posted : 29 December 2007 19:21:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Wurttemberg		Hi, Yes, this is for turning railcars. It is near the DURLACH - station. But there is something special with this: On this line two-system trains are used which run with 750V DC downtown and 15000 V 16.67 Hz AC on the main -lines. The turn is only used by single-system trains which only can run with 800 V DC. The upper two lines on the picture are 750 V - DC, the other rails are own by the DB. About 3 kms east of this point the train changes the electric-system and both lines are connected. (Grötzingen Bahnhof). The system is very extensive. More than 400kms of rails. In German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtbahn_Karlsruhe In English: http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Karlsruhe/ Markus
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ozzman		#11 Posted : 29 December 2007 23:11:44(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,828 Location: Sydney, Australia		Thanks Markus, for both the posted information and the link. If I ever get back to Germany I'll be sure to have a look at he system.
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Goofy		#12 Posted : 30 December 2007 14:38:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,277		The pictures is fake...! Somebody is folling against you... Goofy
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steventrain		#13 Posted : 30 December 2007 15:01:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,692 Location: United Kingdom		Very good site with pictures, Markus.
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Caplin		#14 Posted : 30 December 2007 16:33:00(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,497 Location: Denmark		Quote: [size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Goofy <br />The pictures is fake...! Your post is way too late for that statement to make any sense
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Caplin		#15 Posted : 30 December 2007 16:35:56(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 2,497 Location: Denmark		Nice slim turnouts at the lower tracks.
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xxup		#16 Posted : 31 December 2007 02:57:52(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/03/2003(UTC) Posts: 9,593 Location: Australia		I'm with Goofy... I believe that it's a vertical shot of a small section of Steventrain's layout....
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