Re: One For The Buffalo Hunters.

Posted by Rick Steele on
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Nice find Chris. They are definitely not the cast stands. This just leads me to wonder if the cast stands were part of the UP takeover of the line and the standardization that the UP imposed on everything from Depots to Rolling stock.

I'm not saying that it was, but the UP used the same design of switch stand on their broad gauge lines.

You then have to wonder whether these were purchased from a manufacturer (Like the ubiquitous Star Switch stands are) or were cast in their own foundry in either Omaha or Armstrong.

It looks like the weak point of the fabricated stands is the attachment point of the curved portion to the legs. With regular use the rivets that hold these things together, in four places minimum, plus the pivot link to throw the rod, would work lose and these stands would lose their ability to hold things in line. If they were iron and not steel stands, the cold weather could really make things brittle.

Rick