| 摘要 |
A switch for connecting a railway track (1, 1) with a branch railway track ( 2) the railway track having a discontinuity, switching being effected by a mechanism which moves both ends of the railway track adj acent the discontinuity from a first position in which t hey align with both ends of a fixed part of the railway track (5, 6) to a second position in which they align with both ends of the bran ch railway track (7, 8), the movement being effected by causing a section of the railwa y track (3, 4) adjacent to the discontinuity to flex. In a preferred form of the invention the section of the railway track is lifted and lowered during the switching procedure. The two rails (3, 4) of the flexing section are connected together by ties (20), these ties (20) when mo ved cause the rails (3, 4) to flex.
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