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421. Fostoria webcam
... topic: 1446 Fostoria webcam posted: 4 Apr 2011 17:40 from: Martin Wynne For those who haven't been glued to this on RMweb or YMR for the last few days, here is a live webcam from a crossing in the railroad town of Fostoria, Ohio, USA. Long freight trains cross here frequently all day long. Unlike most webcams this one has sound, which makes it addictive. Time now in Ohio is: (This location gets very noisy.) Click for Google streetview of the crossing. The camera is on the building on the left. Zoom out to see the map, and the amazing complex of railroad junctions around Fostoria. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Apr 2011 18:07 from: Rob Manchester Martin, Nice viewing. Did you see the white pickup truck that drove round the barrier when it was down and made it through the far track about 2 seconds before the train! I will bet they have a few smashes at this kind of crossing. Making me kinda sick watching all the cars ...
... it at CTRL-4 and adjust the crossing angle (F5) to get a reasonable match in the turnout road. Then make branch track on it should give you the link track. If you attach your .box file, I will have a go at that and see if it makes sense, or it's a rubbish idea. Difficult to know either way without the dimensions. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Nov 2008 02:51 from: Martin Wynne Oh dear. I warned about the grey cells failing. A few days ago I wrote "distinctly foggy" and now I have just written "in a situation like this, each situation is different". Either it's like it, or it's different! Time for my medication! Martin. posted: 17 Nov 2008 02:58 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin The snake function is one I've never used, so is something I'll have a look into tomorrow evening. Right now, I don't even know what it does! (but I'll find out...) The box ...
... Camber which also has the layouts in (plus my drawings for the 2 steam locos and the Bagnall coach) I have thought about doing a Rye Town with interchange to the projected KESR extension to Rye, but if I take that approach would re-route the KESR down the Rother valley with a terminus behind the row of houses on Military Road, effectively at right angles to the SECR main line. I also have a model of Northiam on the go in EM, and hope to make some tangible progress over the next few months- other commitments permitting. Thanks for your help and suggestions Richard ps Great Grandfather (E P S Jones) built one of the coaches for the R+ C posted: 6 Apr 2011 00:10 from: Rob Manchester Richard, Yes, all sounds very nice. I like that part of the world although haven't been down for a good while. If you ever get to Tenterden I suggest a trip to the top of the tower at St.Mildred's Church just off the High Street. The view is lovely, ...
... 2011 10:57 from: Martin Wynne For several years now I have used Eset NOD32 anti-virus: http://www.eset.co.uk/Home/NOD32-Antivirus I've no idea how it compares with others as I've not tried them all. But it has always worked seamlessly with no problems or slow-running. The only time I'm aware of any slow-down effect on the computer is for 30 seconds or so after it has updated, when it does a quick scan using the new data. It updates a few times every day. Not the cheapest though, and supports only Intel or AMD processors. For a typical home user on a fully-updated Windows 7 system, Microsoft Security Essentials is reckoned to be as good as any, and it's free: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security_essentials/default.aspx (That's another one of those web sites with small pale grey text on a slightly paler grey background. Who on earth writes these sites? I always do CTRL-A to make them readable.) ...
... 2019 11:46 from: Martin Wynne Graeme wrote: I have come across a couple of pdf libraries and thought I might take a look at that next. Could you post the pdf_unit in reply to this, please Hi Graeme, I will have to look through that before posting it. The PDF engine licence does not allow me to publish any of the licensed stuff. It is essentially a copy of print_unit with the Printer.Canvas changed to PDF.Canvas. It could have been the same unit for both, but there were a few details which needed to be different -- for example there is no calibration function for the PDF, ink intensity adjustment, banner option, support for ink-jet impact printers, etc. The existing PDF engine is: http://www.wpcubed.com/pdf/products/wpdf/ for which I purchased the DCU option. So any open-source replacement needs to offer the same functionality: "With wPDF there is also a native canvas property of the type TCanvas. This also contains the property handle of type HDC ...
... . Regards Rob posted: 16 Feb 2018 21:50 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: just that your excellent answers to user enquiries may be missed by people like me who don't monitor several different forums. Hi Rob, If I post something which I think will be of interest here I do generally copy it here. Mostly it tends to be copying the other way when making detailed replies. For example here is a recent reply of mine on RMweb which was essentially a re-hash of stuff posted here a few times. But it makes a nice contrast to Tony's methods on the S4forum, so here it is again: from: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/112910-simple-p4-turnout-construction-works-for-em-and-00-gauges-as-well/page-3 #entry2988631 It is much easier to file a vee after assembling it. Even easier if you use a disc sander. Here is some stuff I have posted before, showing how ...
... topic: 340 Modernising a CJ Freezer plan posted: 19 Feb 2008 19:19 from: davelong After having a trawl through a few old books and CJ Freezer plan books, I decided to try and put one through its paces in Templot. I'm quite pleased with the result. Its based on a plan from one of his newer books, (newer as in 1992). Although he advocates minimum radii of not below 2' on the scenic and not below 18" in the hidden fiddle yard, I've managed to create the plan, albeit using an extra 6" of baseboard, with the tightest curve being 28", with only a diverging point road away from the mainline of 26.6". The lower fiddle yard has an extra road yet all but one of the curves are above 30" with some up around 40". Attachment: attach_236_340_CJF_plan_scenic1.1 .gif 359 posted: 19 Feb 2008 19:22 from: davelong second image of lower fiddle yard, albeit a rverse loop but seems to fit this plan well. Box files added ...
... does facing-facing, and then if you opted for facing-trailing it does an end-swap (which always inverts the handing). But since it is so quick to invert it back if required it has never occurred to me to be a problem. Just dab CTRL+ X and it's back how you wanted it. I'm not inclined to change it because that behaviour is well established and expected by experienced users. But it perhaps needs an explanatory note for beginners. Try holding down CTRL+ X for a few seconds on a curved turnout to see how quick and easy it is to invert the handing. After that you will probably not think it worth bothering to pre-set a specific hand before aligning. regards, Martin. posted: 7 May 2011 19:50 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, Many thanks for the quick response. Apologies for pushing the point, but it did cause initial concern as to why it was happening, again I thought it might have been me not setting things up correctly. However, ...
... May 2011 20:49 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, I have the DEVELOPMENT VERSION installed as per your instructions, thanks for the release code. It starts up OK but I managed to crash the program within 5 minutes. The crash can be reproduced as follows :- With some templates in the storage box but nothing in control if you click 'clear all templates' the templates all go off the screen to be replaced by a small box saying 'Your storage box is empty <OK>' which flashes rapidly for a few seconds and the program shuts down. The happens regardless of whether you take the save or not save option. When you restart the program the Templatesare all there again plus it adds a template into control. Do the same to 'clear all templates' when there IS a control template and it clears all background templates and just leaves the control which is what I expected. I tried different numbers of templates and changed gauge/scale but it didn't help. Rob posted: 18 May 2011 22:02 from: Martin Wynne ...
430. Double outside slip
... not necessarily stick in my memory. Regards Brian Lewis John Lewis wrote: If anyone is interested there is an outside double slip in the Channel Tunnel. See: http://www.ice.org.uk/education/homepage/civil_engineers_do.asp I do not think this example is in the Channel Tunnel. John posted: 20 Dec 2009 18:36 from: Alan McMillan I doubt that thia is the Channel Tunnel as well. I can't see that there would be any need for a train to leave the main line and then rejoin it a few hundred feet further on by using the slip roads of that crossing. Alan McMillan posted: 25 Feb 2010 21:58 from: Jamie92208 Alan McMillan wrote: I doubt that thia is the Channel Tunnel as well. I can't see that there would be any need for a train to leave the main line and then rejoin it a few hundred feet further on by using the slip roads of that crossing. Alan McMillan That is definitely in the Heathrow express tunnels somewhere near the original terminus. I remember seeing that picture when ...
... bit more work (and possibly for accuracy a good idea anyway), to measure the position and angle of each end point of the second track relatives to the corresponding end point of the first track. cheers Nigel posted: 10 Feb 2009 11:47 from: Andy B You could try just 1 or 2 photos that capture the whole formation, then use GIMP (search the forum for Martin's examples of its use) to manipulate the pictures. Should be easy to set the transformation needed, as you can take a few exact measurements to check it. Andy posted: 10 Feb 2009 20:08 from: GeoffB Andy B wrote: You could try just 1 or 2 photos that capture the whole formation, then use GIMP (search the forum for Martin's examples of its use) to manipulate the pictures. Should be easy to set the transformation needed, as you can take a few exact measurements to check it. Andy Hi Andy, I will have a look at both ways of doing it (photos and measurements as suggested by Nigel ...
432. Single Slip
... of information between pre-Grouping railway companies so the NB using similar formations to its southern ally is not unbelievable. I would build the slip as a switched diamond and wait on some expert proving you wrong- it's always been an acceptable method of digging information out of unwilling sources. Jim. Last edited on 12 Feb 2009 15:57 by Jim Guthrie posted: 12 Feb 2009 17:27 from: Stephen Freeman Right, here is the box file that includes the ones I did in 0 Gauge- did it a few years ago now, so there may be a few things that you could pick at but it got the job done. Attachment: attach_492_731_final_09_02_12_1822 _14.box 348 posted: 12 Feb 2009 17:28 from: Scott Willis Hi guys Many thanks for the comments, they have helped a great deal. I'll play around with the slip to get it right and report back. Regards Scott Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk ...
... topic: 3573 Custom slots on gauge list posted: 11 Dec 2019 01:00 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Can I make a request for a few more custom slots to be made available on the track gauge list if it isn't too much trouble. I have 3 British and two US narrow gauge settings and maybe another one or two so it would be good to have some more space. I know you back away from including NG in the presets due to there being so many. I bet you can't resist suggesting I make the changes to the source code myself- I think I will leave that to the experts. Thanks Rob posted: 11 Dec 2019 05:52 from: Martin Wynne Rob Manchester wrote: Can I make a request for a few more custom slots to be made available on the track gauge list if it isn't too much trouble. I have 3 British and two US narrow gauge settings and maybe another one or two so it would be good to have some more space. I know you back away from ...
... crossing -- real> V-crossing options> curviform V-crossing menu item. (For this method this setting is optional.) Click the tools> make diamond-crossing menu item. If the angles differ, the result will be an irregular diamond crossing. If the angles are the same, the result will be a regular diamond-crossing. 2. Start with a turnout having a curviform V-crossing. Click the tools> make ladder crossover> make curviform ladder menu item. Click it again a few more times. The above 2 methods can cope with having a transition curve in the main road, although you will probably need to follow up with some adjustments to the transition zone to get the desired result. 3. Start with two lengths of curved plain track crossing over each other, or one curved and one straight length. One should be a background template and the other the control template. Click on the background template (in Quick-mode, right-click on it). On its menu, click ...
435. Long Lane
... should be fine. There is plenty of scope for shunting with the use of fiddle yards both sides. With only the track at the top right not going off stage. The canal will flow front to back under the tracks with several holes in the upper level for light to shine down to the canal level. Where the canal meets the backscene I'm planning on cutting a hole in the backscene and covering the wood cut with a pipe bridge which will enter/exit from the grass embankments at the back. There are a few scenic diagrams and a hand drawn image which may help you see the layout in better detail than just looking at the templot plan, but the templot plan is posted below for you to have a look over. A link to the Rmweb site for original discussions. http://rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f =66&t =32949 Kind regards Dave Attachment: attach_408_625_long_lane_08_11_15 _1052_20.box 379 posted: 15 Nov 2008 17:02 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, Looking good -- thanks for posting the file ...
436. TDV Road Map
... that be possible? Hi Alan, Just to let you know that this is now in the latest TDV update,# 4435. Also, you can now print the output with both FB foot edges. Be warned that this is an improvised implementation in this TDV. It works by creating duplicate templates, so makes a big demand on memory and system resources. Attempting to convert and print your entire large track plan in one go is likely to crash your computer and take a fortnight to print anything. I suggest converting a few templates to FB at a time, printing them out, then converting them back before doing a few more. More about all this: message 10600 regards, Martin. posted: 13 Nov 2011 15:25 from: gsmorris So far apart from the one or two things- mostly due to me- it all works as it should. Need to play with the new FB additions. but so far I have not realy needed the help files above what is posted here or mostly simple to work out. The only ...
437. A Pug for Paul?
... available. I'm sure proper software developers would strongly advise against such a move -- but as I'm not a proper software developer such advice can be happily disregarded. In the short term this is mainly to help those who need irregular diamonds to progress their layouts. But also I'm hoping that feedback from members of a "development group" will be a valuable help in filling the gaps. Unlike some software support forums, I very much do not want to create a "them and us" situation in Templot Club where a few members have access to "beta" versions and the majority don't. So this will be available to all members of Templot Club who want it. On the other hand, I must retain proper control over how my development code is used and by whom, so there will have to be some restrictions and hoops to jump through. An open download could turn into a support nightmare which would stop Templot development dead. I will write again in a day or two when I have set up the mechanisms and have a working ...
... Click the print> trim margins> set custom trim margins... menu item. Click all the? help buttons for more explanation. Here are the general notes: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- Setting Trim Margins Templot prints trim margins (normally in magenta-pink) around all four edges of each printed page comprising your template or track plan. Trimming is necessary because very few printers can print to the extreme edge of the sheet of paper, or position it with great accuracy before printing on it. By trimming each page along margin lines which are printed as part of the drawing image you are assured that the pages will fit together accurately. Templot normally sets the trim margins to use nearly all of the printable area on each page. However, because printers and paper sheet sizes vary, this usually means that the trimmed page dimensions are not round figures and do not match the printed grid lines ...
... from: Martin Wynne Yes, I know, I'm my own worst enemy. But it's near impossible to watch folks getting a bit stuck and not chip in with some help. Here's a very scruffy video. curly_corner_short.png The yellow templates represent the rest of the track plan. The starting templates are straight, but everything would work the same way if they were gently curved, to the same or differing radii. 1. Choose the radius for the finished centre curve. Here I made it 3000mm. 2. Add on a few mm for the transition offset (shift). I allowed 5mm, making 3005mm. 3. Make that the second radius of a zero-length transition and move it along into tangency with the other track. You don't have to be too fussy to get it spot on, unless it's essential that the finished curve is exactly symmetrical. (A few mm difference in the two final transition zone lengths wouldn't notice.) 4. Put the notch on the radial centre for this 3005mm curve. 5. Create your 3000mm ...
... topic: 1558 Templot fails to load on Windows 7 posted: 7 Jul 2011 14:23 from: Phil Chudley Hi All I have been using Templot successfully for a few years now, and it has worked perfectly on all my machines and versions of Windows, including Windows 7 However, today, Templot refuses to load under Windows 7, after the initial "splash screen" Templot will be starting soon... There is a Windows dialog behind with the message "Pug release has stopped working" with the options of "Debug" or "Close Program" Before "Close Program" the option reads "Cancel", clicking this makes Templot enter a screaming tight loop, with myriads of dialogs all reading "Access violation 005B8001 Reading memory 000002D8" Uninstalling/reinstalling has had no effect. It sounds like a problem on my laptop, can anyone confirm this is probably the cause, before I call the work tech guys in to give my laptop a health check? Also, and this may have bee posted before so apologies, Login ...
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