Posted 12/10/2013 08:06 (#3506556 - in reply to #3506432) Subject: Now don't quote me on it,
West Salem, Illinois
but the term frog when it applies to the railroad is the rail opposite the switch point. It is a large triangular shaped piece that goes off to the two seperate rails. If you kind of stand over it correctley and look down track it does look something similar to a frog, the legs are the two rails and the triangular part is the body. I would take a picture if my tracks weren't under all of this snow!
FROG - Why's it refered to as a FROG ?
