Question

The device that is used to transfer the wagons, passenger coaches or locomotives (one at a time) from parallel tracks, without any shunting is called:- 
1. Turn table
2. Traverser
3. Triangles
4. Weight-bridges

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Traverser

Concept:

Turn-table:

• It is constructed for changing the direction of the rail engine. It is circular in shape and installed in a circular pit.
• A turntable consists of a track on a level platform that is supported by a pair of girders. the girders are fixed on a central pivot. There are two or more tracks that radiate from the circumference of the pit circle.​​
• A turntable is provided if enough land is limited.

Traverser:

• It is material handling equipment used in a railway workshop.
• It is used for transporting railway coaches from a railway track to horizontally shifted parallel rail tracks in outdoor conditions.
• It is built inadequate safety margins to meet the normal impact during loading and unloading of coaches and the wagons on the car.

Triangles:

• It is provided for changing the direction of an engine.
• Turntables are also used for this purpose, but are costly, cumbersome, and present a lot of problems in maintenance.
• A triangle is provided if enough land is available.

​Weight-bridges:

• Railway Weighbridge is used for weighing loaded rail wagons either in motion or in a static position.

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So, The device that is used to transfer the wagons, passenger coaches, or locomotives (one at a time) from parallel tracks, without any shunting is called "Traverser".