The Atlas bumper resembles a commercially made bumper from the late 1800’s. I don’t know what railroads used them.
Actually, which one you use may have more to do with how much train you are trying to stop.
Wheel stops are fine for keeping a car or two from going off the end of the track, but if there is going to be switching close to the end of the track, something larger and more substantial is required.
At the stub ends of my 8 track N-gage staging yard I use small colored plastic push pins to keep the cars from rolling off. Quick and they identifiy each track by the color of the pin.
Sandy Friedfeld
Yet another solution, two ties buried in the space between the rail and laid across the rails forming a “V” at the end of track.
Dale
I have liked the solid look of the older bumper posts especially in a station where you want the traveling public to feel safe. The cost involved with these frame constructions and time to assemble probibly was the reason for the smaller wheel stops coming into popular usage. There maybe a time frame when railroads made the switch (oop’s). Does anyone know when the wheel stops where first put into use and were they home made or did a company create and market them.
That’s neat for the staging tracks [:)]
Thanks for all the other info [:D]
I especially like the brewery with railroad… do they do free samples? [dinner]
I prefer bumpers around my industrial sidings and such, because sometimes I get a little “rail rage” in me! hehe! But around less, used sidings, I use wheel stops, just to mix it up a little bit.
here is my home made wheel stops
these were simple.
jim