Switch stand

Switch stand
Manual device that allows a turnout to be lined (changed) from one route to the other.
A track layout that requires a change of direction.

Switch stand
A mechanical device (usually done manually) which will change the position of a turnout, and simultaneously change the position of the signal mounted on top of the switch stand.

Switch stand, center throw. A switch stand with a spindle higher than 1 foot but less than 2 feet. This type is commonly used in yards, less frequently on main track because targets are not as readily visible to engineman as are high switch stands.

Switch Stand
A device by which a switch is thrown, locked, and its position indicated. It consists essentially of a base, spindle, lever and connecting rod, and is usually furnished with a lamp or banner signal.
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Everything was buried and you could not even see the switch stands or even the reflective banners on them as they were completely covered with snow. The jet blower has not been through here at all and it had been snowing for hours.

Monkey's Tail Slang for the handle of a switch stand, as in twisting the monkey's tail. Motor ...

At trackside, you have switch stands, targets, line poles, mileposts, speed signs, instrument cases, and hoses, flanger signs, whistle posts, bumping posts, car stops, , bridge rails and walkways, bridge guardrails, fences, weeds, clutter, ...

Crank, Adjustable (switch stand)
A switch operating device by which the position of the mechanism at the base of the spindle can be altered to adjust the switch.

Ina track switch, the bar connected to a manually operated switch stand or mechanically powered switch machine that moves the free ends of the points one way or another, allowing trains to take either the through route or the diverging route.

Ore dump, "home made" car and the switch stand are in view.
Wheels and trucks for Narrow gauge equipment.
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CHERRY PICKER"Switchman, so called because of red lights on switch stands. Also any railroad man who is always figuring on the best jobs and sidestepping undesirable ones (based on the old allusion, "Life is a bowl of cherries") ...

The layout will be wired for DCC, and all switches will be manually operated from a switch stand, so there will be no need to wire motors.

Ground throw: a machine that is used to move the point rails of a switch. It is built to a low profile, close to the ground, hence its name. An upright machine that does the same job is called a switch stand.

See also: Switch, Track, Engine, Locomotive, Point