Point motor

A mechanism that moves the blades of a turnout, by hand, electromagnetically or with a motor.

Dutch

wisselaandrijving

German

Weichenantrieb

Example

Märklin 74491 is the electric point motor for C track; K track 2265 is a manually operated turnout.

Märklin C track: articles, geometry and the track planner

Articles using this term

• Märklin C Track curved turnouts: a passing loop in the curve
• Cork and sound deadening under your track
• Laying track: from plan to baseboard
• DCC and Märklin Motorola: digital protocols
• Analogue or digital control?
• The double slip: when you need one
• Turnout won't throw
• Locomotive stalls on the frog
• Train derails at the turnout: causes and fixes

See also

• Turnout
• Switch blades
• Accessory decoder