Is there a english name for this?
 

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Stopp_block.JPG
I wonder if there's an english word for this?
It is to derail runaway cars to prevent them from entering a main line.
In swedish it is called "Spårspärr"

I need to know a good name that I can use on my railway site :)

Mr Bobjörk

Catch points or Trap points.
 

Catch points or Trap points.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ts_diagram.svg

Hmm... looks more like a switch / point that does the same thing. Those are called "Skyddsväxel" in Swedish. But maybe there aren't any better word in english...

This type of device is normally called a "DERAIL" or a "DERAILER" in the English language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derail

Ah, there we have it, thanks! :D

Definately a DERAILER
Catch points and Trap points are built up using point blades.

The only places where the Swedish 'de-railers' are to be found in the UK would be Depot or Shed roads. I do not of any however which are integrated into the signalling system.

Derailer...thats what we call 'em here, a version of that anyway.
Not catch points.
No point switches...no points.

Cheers,
SBJ

You will find a derailer at Grosmont Station on the NYMR in the carriage siding at the north end of the station.
It is released by ground frame through a rodding connection.
It is quite likely this will be replaced by a signal box connection when the ex Scarborough gantry is installed this winter.

From what I have been told, those traps work very well as a rake of coaches bled off and went through the traps onto the muck. The Guard forgot to scotch the coaches.
Seems like an everyday event of toy town railways.