... topic: 577 Crewkerne LSWR posted: 30 Sep 2008 20:40 from: Brian Lewis +++ moved topic +++____ When you look at prototype plans you can see that there are regiments of stations just begging to be modelled. If I had not settled on Clifton Down, I would most probably have modelled Redruth. For those with space constraints, Compton on the DN &S or perhaps Rothbury on the NBR. posted: 30 Sep 2008 20:44 from: Martin Wynne Brian Lewis wrote: When you look at prototype plans you can see that there are regiments of stations just begging to be modelled. If I had not settled on Clifton Down, I would most probably have modelled Redruth. For those with space constraints, Compton on the DN &S or perhaps Rothbury on the NBR And for those without space constraints, a club perhaps, look at the shunting potential on here: crewkerne1250.jpg crewkerne1250_1.jpg I found this as a fold-out plan in a surveying textbook 40 years ago. I have only recently finally identified it ...

... on mainlines generally? or were they reserved for space saving around sidings and MPDs? Hi Mike, It's confusing to refer simply to "3 -way" turnouts. "Three-throw" turnouts, where the switch blades are coincident like this: 2_280950_180000000.jpg (larger version in the Image Gallery) were never used in running lines. They are found only in yards and sidings. "Tandem" turnouts, where the two switches are staggered, are quite common in running lines, like this one in the down main at Crewkerne: message 3292 regards, Martin. posted: 10 Feb 2012 16:25 from: Mike Waldron Hi Martin I was meaning tandem offset ones- like the S4 and EM gauge associations send out with their templates- with the switches staggered. Mike posted: 10 Feb 2012 16:46 from: Tony W A useful tip when clicking templates to select a group where there are numerous partial templates superimposed and it is getting difficult to tell if you have got them all, is to open the storage box and in the ...

... Office or Cornwall Libraries services would be worth contacting: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/community-and-living/records-archives-and-cornish-studies/cornwall-record-office/ You will be very lucky to find recorded details of the actual track geometry installed at any location, but with a large enough map as a background guide in Templot you can get a good idea. How fuzzy it is depends on the original scale and the scanned resolution. For example this is a 50-inch map of Crewkerne, showing a 1:8 diamond in Templot as the basis for the single-slip: 2_270057_470000000.jpg regards, Martin. posted: 27 Apr 2015 11:23 from: RichardS Martin, thank you for your usual comprehensive and helpful reply. I hope you didn't spend too long looking for the various sites. I rather expected you to say that 1:2500 was the best. Smaller scales are too small (profound) as I have found. I may try drawing the plan. Provided I can copy the general ...