Fan track

Round locomotive shed in Selzthal train station with full track compartments

In the case of rail transport systems, fan tracks or beam tracks are an arrangement of several track ends in such a way that they run towards a common central circle center . This arrangement resembles the geometric shape of a fan . This radial track arrangement can often be found on the turntables of roundhouse sheds , which are located at the intersection of the tracks.

Locomotive shed with track compartments in an almost semicircular shape

Fan-shaped tracks differ from track harps in that they end bluntly, while track harps are "single tracks that are arranged in parallel and come together again to form a track".

Individual evidence

↑ Fan tracks. In: Röll: Encyclopedia of the Railway System. Retrieved August 21, 2018 .
↑ Fan tracks. In: Lueger, Otto: Lexicon of all technology and its auxiliary sciences, Bd. 3 Stuttgart, Leipzig 1906., p. 568. Retrieved on August 21, 2018 .

[1] Fan tracks. In: Röll: Encyclopedia of the Railway System. Retrieved August 21, 2018 .

[2] Fan tracks. In: Lueger, Otto: Lexicon of all technology and its auxiliary sciences, Bd. 3 Stuttgart, Leipzig 1906., p. 568. Retrieved on August 21, 2018 .