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aguille de bifurcation

English translation: branch line points

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French term or phrase:	aguille de bifurcation
English translation:	branch line points
Entered by:	liz askew

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19:02 Jun 29, 2010

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French term or phrase: aguille de bifurcation

Consigner obligatoirement l’aiguille de bifurcation des voies A et B avant chaque utilisation.

Thanks for your help.

Alexxx

branch line points/switches/switch points

Explanation:
Well, doesn't "bifurcation" means that a line is branching off the main line??

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Glossary of rail terminology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Branch line: A secondary railway line that branches off a main line. Broad gauge: Track where the rails are ...... Switch (US): points (UK). Also "turnout". ...
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On some low-traffic branch lines, in self-contained marshalling yards, or on heritage railways, switches may still be operated in this way. ...
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Enzesfeld - Austroroll® Railway Switch Points - Railway Technology
Lubrication-free railway switch points for reliability. ... Austroroll switch points save railway companies money in a variety of ways. ...
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How to Make a Computer Controlled Model Train Set
With the track switch now under my program control I then wrote some program to ... switch the points and then reverse the train into the branch line. ...
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oh

I suppose it would be A and B branch line switches/points

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How to Make a Computer Controlled Model Train Set
With the track switch now under my program control I then wrote some program to ... switch the points and then reverse the train into the branch line. ...
www.pc-control.co.uk/computrain.htm - Cached - Similar

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switch (railway switch)

Gene Selkov

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branch line points/switches/switch points

liz askew

turnout

meirs

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aiguille

Travelin Ann

liz askew

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aiguille de bifurcation switch (railway switch)

Explanation:
I understand the quoted sentence as saying that the position of the switch between tracks A and B must be recorded before each use.

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note the spelling error in your subject line: a[i]gulle

Gene Selkov
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:10
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branch line points/switches/switch points

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:10
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English
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turnout

Explanation:
See "point machine" on wiki

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_machine

meirs
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Romanian
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Reference: aiguille

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Travelin Ann
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Lexique Anglais-Français ferroviaire
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SWITCHING: Aiguillage, manoeuvre, changement de voie, bifurcation SWITCHING ... de manoeuvre SWITCH POINT: Aiguille, pointe de l'aiguille SWITCH RAIL: Rail, ...
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bif : Bifurcation ferroviaire entre une voie en ligne droite (correspondante à l'orientation) et une voie en courbe se dirigeant vers le coin correspondant à la direction. Par exemple "Vbigbd" correspond à une voie verticale en ligne droite, dont se détache une voie en courbe se dirigeant vers le coin en bas à droite (bd) de l'élément. Pour une bifurcation entre deux voies en courbes (tournant de façon symétrique, par exemple Rail tracks map bifd.svg, on ne précisera que la direction de la bissectrice entre les deux courbes (ici "d" pour "droite").

liz askew
United Kingdom
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English
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Jul 13, 2010 - Changes made by liz askew:
Edited KOG entry	liz askew's old entry - "aguille de bifurcation" => "branch line points/switches/switch points"
Jul 13, 2010 - Changes made by liz askew:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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