Hockey puck
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A Hockey puck is a turnout control mechanism. It is sometimes referred to as a "kick switch".
According to Peter Bryan the inventor of the hockey puck is Pat McCarthy of Pleasant Hill, KS.
Bill Laird produced these drawings in December 2001:
Wayne Davis posted on Chaski.org:
- The Iowa Model Steam Engineers use kick switches. We also add an electrical conduit and a kick at both ends so you can come up to a switch and throw it without getting off your engine.