GR translation: any least mistake, in the points,

[David Morris]

Right.  And here is a picture of a Hamburg Flyer (quite elegant):

http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/flying-hamburger

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Mike Jing
<gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, of course.  Definition 30b:
>
> 30. points,
> a. the extremities of an animal, especially a horse or dog.
> b. Railroads, British . a switch.
>
> Thanks for the heads-up.
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Railroad points (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_switch)
>>
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>> P221.37-222.2   They are being pushed backward by a line of police.
>> Peter Sachsa is jammed inside it, trying to keep his footing, no escape
>> possible . . . Leni's face moving, restless, against the window of the
>> Hamburg Flyer, concrete roads, pedestals, industrial towers of the Mark
>> flying away at over a hundred miles an hour the perfect background, brown,
>> blurred, any least mistake, in the points, in the roadbed at this speed and
>> they're done for . . .
>>
>> What is the meaning of "in the points"?  What points are we talking about
>> here?
>>