Turnouts
We manufacture turnouts to AREMA or individual industrial or railroad specifications. Turnouts may be new or reconditioned with slide plates with rigid braces or slide plates with Bethlehem Design 811 adjustable wedges.
Built to Your Spec, Ready to Install.
Birmingham Rail manufactures complete turnouts to AREMA standards or to your individual industrial and railroad specifications, delivering an assembly matched precisely to your track. Each turnout can be furnished new or reconditioned and built with slide plates and rigid braces or slide plates and Bethlehem Design 811 adjustable wedges to suit your application. From rail section and frog type to switch length, guardrail, and switch stand, every detail is made to order, so the turnout you receive drops into place and performs exactly as your layout requires.
Specifications required when ordering turnouts:
- Rail Section & Drilling
- Layout (left or right hand)
- Frog Type
- Frog Number
- Brace Type
- Guardrail Type
- Switch Length
- Switch Point Type
- Insulation
- Gauge
- Switch Stand Type