A pre-assembled switch seen at the
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/strecke/strecke.html">upgraded
line Cologne-D&uuml;ren</a> east of Buir on 17 February 2007. It will be
installed here for the relocation of the junction where the S-Bahn (suburban
railway) line becomes double tracked, currently this junction is about
1.5&nbsp;km further west. The switch is about 90&nbsp;m long, it seems to be of
the standard type with 2500&nbsp;m turnout radius, which can be passed with up
to 140&nbsp;km/h in the diverging branch. This view from east shows the points
in the foreground. The control mechanism is not yet mounted, several parts of it
are stored on the left. Note that the straight track (the right one) is not
straight at all, as the switch is not properly aligned here.
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Digital photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)