Curved double crossover

LoudMusic

Member
In search of a hand laid (or prototype) curved double crossover I found this fancy bit of hand laid track.

Double_crossing.jpg


Impressive! But not what I was looking for.

Without doing too much part construction in XTrkCAD I came up with this:

curveddoublecrossingtg1.gif


I'm only curious if a photograph of such a device is available. I don't need one, don't plan to make one, or anything of the sort. Just curious is all.
 
Wow, that is impressive! What are the ties made from?
As for your diagram, I would say that there are Peco points that can make that trackwork. I'm not quite sure about the crossover, though.
 

60103

Pooh Bah
Most of the railroads I know would take the crossover off the curve onto the nearest straight section. And probably separate it into two single crossovers. All the doubles I know are in big passenger stations or subways.
If I absolutely had to do the formation, I would probably use 4 Peco curved switches, replacing the crossing with two turnouts.
 

nkp174

Active Member
Loud Music, looks like a cool project. I agree that you'll probably have a tough time finding a prototype because: 1) real railroads have substantially greater curve radii and 2) double track mainlines typically aren't built in the type or terrain that would force such track work.
 
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