Switchbacks are prototypical. Examples: Angel's Camp branch of the Sierra or McCloud or Big Trees & Felton. We THINK SMALL railroaders enjoy the justification for short trains and more operation per foot of wall.
Switchback - A method of climbing a steep grade in a confined area. This is accomplished with a series of switches requiring the train to change direction as it climbs up the side of a mountain on a series of switchbacks.
This layout looks like a switchback. In fact, it's based on the layouts of logging and mining roads. You can have a lot of fun with it, especially if you're running two or more trains at once! ...
The railway travels through spectacular mountain scenery and uses several unusual civil engineering techniques to gain the necessary height including several switchbacks, and spirals including the famous double loop at Agony Point.
Zig zag, (U.S. commonly) switchback: a way of climbing hills, where the train reverses direction for a while, and then reverses again to continue its journey.
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a zig zag, trains have to proceed along a short spur line, wait for the junction to be changed, then reverse along the next section of main track to the next spur, and so on. Operation is slow, laborious and somewhat hazardous. Called a switchback in ...
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