A GALLOWS TURNTABLE FOR SALINA – by Wolfgang Dudler MMR Photos by the author
On a narrow gauge railroad, there are often steep grades, helper service, and turntables to turn the helpers. Follow me while I assemble a Sequoia Scale Models HOn3 turntable.
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have built a number of turntables for staging yard modules, but they were very simple versions that were manually operated. Salina on my HOn3 railroad needed an armstrong (manually-operated) turntable. I wanted a detailed prototypical model for this turntable. With narrow gauge, you often have steep grades which need helper service.
Stations at the top and bottom of a helper district usually have a wye or turntable, and the station at Salina is no exception. The prototype for this gallows turntable is at Laws, California on the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge.
The project was a good learning exercise and a lot of fun. Read on to see my step-by-step building process.
Friends suggested that I install a motor under the Salina turntable, but this type of turntable was operated with muscle power so I kept it manual.
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Figure 1: The finished turntable at Salina. Page 60 • Issue 11-08 • Aug 2011
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