Switching (Shunting) fun - The Double Sawby

[sniper297]

Dunno if they ever did this in Europe, and it probably hasn't been used in the US in the last fifty years, but an old switching (shunting) maneuver called the "Double Sawby" was the old time solution for passing two freight trains when both were too long to fit on a siding (British "passing loop").

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28M1Wj1T_Jw

[msey0002]

Dunno if they ever did this in Europe, and it probably hasn't been used in the US in the last fifty years, but an old switching (shunting) maneuver called the "Double Sawby" was the old time solution for passing two freight trains when both were too long to fit on a siding (British "passing loop").

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28M1Wj1T_Jw

very interesting thanks!