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July 11

What's the Point?

 

Derailer points, country NSW

While on the subject, can anyone shed light on this (manually operated) railway point, which appears to have no purpose other than to send the vehicle careering into the bush. Can't remember the ___location but probably somewhere in mid-New South Wales. The large structure is a wheat silo. Doug butler (talk) 05:34, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article is catch point. It's a safety measure to prevent a train on the siding from running onto the main track. --Wrongfilter (talk) 06:01, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great link. Thanks.

  Resolved

Doug butler (talk) 06:23, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]