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... years ago, so I guess I got used to not using it. Perhaps I should give it another go [1] a complete aside- at work today I was using someone else's PC with the mouse set to left-handed operation to the left of the keyboard, and a laptop to the left of that with a mouse on the right hand side so that the two mice were about 6" apart. I've never been so confused using mice in my life posted: 8 Mar 2010 21:57 from: allanferguson Gordon S wrote: There is no package better to my mind and you certainly should be applauded for bringing this product to market. All I'm saying is that you may wish to consider a simple "Starting with Templot Guide" to get many more users started and over that first hurdle. There has been much that I'm not sure about in this thread, and even occasional things I disagree with; but with the above comment I am completely in agreement. The first hurdle (or "the hump") is the ...
... turnouts into BR days must have required some more formal arrangements to get the proper chairs cast. One good source of information could be Richard Chown whose "Castle Rackrent" layout has appeared in magazines like the MRJ over the years. I believe that Richard worked with BR(S) in the track department and was a good source of information on what went on in Scotland in BR days. Unfortunately I can't find any mention of an email address for Richard. Jim. posted: 25 Apr 2016 18:53 from: allanferguson Jim Guthrie wrote: mikewturner One good source of information could be Richard Chown whose "Castle Rackrent" layout has appeared in magazines like the MRJ over the years. I believe that Richard worked with BR(S) in the track department and was a good source of information on what went on in Scotland in BR days. Unfortunately I can't find any mention of an email address for Richard. Jim. I spoke to Richard and he made the following comments: Hello Allan, Such is fame.... not ...
... modellers can get away with sharper curves than the prototype which is what my previous comments refered to. My layout (P4) has a B-6 crossover and my rake of mk1 coaches (with Alex Jackson couplings) negotiate it OK, but the displacement of the corridor connections has to be seen to be believed. I hasten to add that this road was not intended to be used by passenger stock but in the interests of scientific experiment!!!! Tony. posted: 25 Apr 2012 16:48 from: allanferguson Nigel Brown wrote: For coupled coaches and the like it depends to some extent on what couplings you are using and where they are mounted; esssentially, how much sideways shift you can get between the couplings. I use body-mounted B&B couplings, and find a B7 is just about OK. Cheers Nigel 176_251139_320000000.jpg I'm not sure whether this scan will be readable -- it is a poor quality original. It relates the possibility of buffer locking to the radius of the reverse curves and in particular the length ...
4. Despair
... on Templot Club. There are a load of Templot users there of varying degrees of experience who would be only too willing to provide suggestions and guidance. There's bound to be a distinct learning curve in getting to grips with software such as Templot and drawing on the experience of others who've been along that curve is a good way of getting going....." I think the "greatest good" is heavily weighted towards you continuing with Templot development. cheers Nigel posted: 18 Mar 2009 00:44 from: allanferguson Martin style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffee"I and no doubt hundreds of others have got to grips with Templot; it took a while, and I'm still discovering new tricks, but Templot does what I want it to do, which is probably different from what many others want it to do. style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffee"You can't be all things to all people, and I think you have to accept that a small number of people will not come to terms with the ...
... topic: 3622 Email oddities posted: 1 Mar 2020 10:36 from: allanferguson I have things set up to get forum postings by email, and that mostly works fine. However I have recently been receiving multiple email copies of Martin's postings. This morning I received eleven emails with Martin's posting number 473. timed in here at 21:02. The emails were timed between 00:39 and 08:23. It's not a big issue, although there is a risk of me deleting good emails with the rubbish, But I wondered if anyone here might have any idea why this happens. It only seems to affect Martin's postings. Allan F posted: 1 Mar 2020 11:10 from: Paul Boyd Hi Allan I posted a few days ago about some Templot emails not arriving or arriving very (days) late. I'm fairly sure there's something not right about the forum emails at the moment. With missing emails it's a bit tricky to see what's happened because I don't have them! I'm still missing some Templot emails, so now ...
... Feb 2012 15:01 from: Paul Boyd Hi Brian I've built a 3-way stub point and although building it is easy, operating it is less so- the middle road has nothing solid to line up against! http://picasaweb.google.com/103525373077464937002/TanYGraig This is based on the one that used to be at Porthmadog Harbour Station and then got moved to Minffordd. Your first photo would be great fun to build, perhaps using Andy Reichert's Street Track! posted: 17 Feb 2012 15:10 from: allanferguson These are interesting pictures, but the fourth one, in particular, is puzzling me. The things that look like odd shsped check rail in both roads in the middle distance -- what are they? What is the thing adjacent to the left hand switch rail in the foreground? Are these overhead lights in the middle distance? I note there is neither third rail or OHLE. I am sure there are many on this forum much more knowledgeable than I. Allan F posted: 17 Feb 2012 15:17 from ...
... allow trains to run down the gradient, a separate set of gauntletted rails is provided, by-passing the catch points. In either case, the next signalman will be alerted to the broken train and still-occupied section by the lack of a tail lamp. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Mar 2010 19:16 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin I've just sketched this out and it makes sense now- what an unusual formation though. Isn't it? Cheers posted: 2 Mar 2010 22:20 from: allanferguson Martin Wynne wrote: These catch points are sprung to the open position and closed by the action of up-going wheels passing over them. To allow trains to run down the gradient, a separate set of gauntletted rails is provided, by-passing the catch points. I'm also slightly puzzled by this. With the gauntleted track there will be a need for at least one worked switch. Surely it would have been cheaper to simply work the catch points and save the expense of all the extra track. Tho' ...
... topic: 1061 Curved Diamond posted: 7 Mar 2010 01:48 from: allanferguson I have a double junction at one end of my station (think Gleneagles!), and I'm anxious to keep the curvature through the diamond. Just to complicate matters there's a slew on the main line as well. Now I cannot for the life of me work out how to draw the diamond in Templot (I can usually suss things out eventually, but haven't managed this one!). I can, and have in the past, built the track on the template, making the various crossings to suit. But I'm sure it can be done more sophisticatedly. I don't want to change any of the existing alignments, as I struggled for a long time to get the whole thing to flow. Ignore the timbering -- I'll be using interlaced sleepering a la Caledonian Railway. Can anyone advise me? Please! Allan Ferguson Attachment: attach_746_1061_Muckhart_north_10 _03_07_0124_09.box 318 posted: 7 Mar 2010 08:48 from: Martin Wynne Hi Allan, It's not generally a ...
... . My question is to all you point builders out there is what is your experience, to Vee or not to Vee? And a second question; I have seen a method which initially appeals to me of using soldered rivets say every fourth/fifth sleeper with plastic cosmetic chairs in between. Has anyone had experience of this method? Derek posted: 11 Mar 2010 14:42 from: polybear Norman Solomon puts the stock rail in first.... HTH Brian posted: 11 Mar 2010 15:06 from: allanferguson I had always been a dyed in the wool rivets and solder man, and it is undoubtedly strong and easily adjustable. However it undoubtedly the most mind numbingly tedious job I know to mark, punch, and rivet up all the sleepers. (As a Scottish pre- group modeller I use sleepered leads). Of late I have taken to functional plastic sleepers, in my case from C& L, and I have developed confidence in the method. Using the recommended Butanone solvent I have attached plastic chairs to ply ...
10. Odd Mark on Pad
... topic: 1091 Odd Mark on Pad posted: 31 Mar 2010 16:57 from: allanferguson When I open Templot there is a Green spot at x=0.00, y=24.00. If I move the display sideways so that this would be off the screen the mark moves so that it is always at the left edge of the screen, but always at y=24.00, and never less than x=0.00. If I move the display up or down the mark moves up or down with it, including off the screen. When it moves away from x=0.00 it turns from green to black. Its doing me absolutely no harm, but its irritating me like a fly in a room, because I haven't the first clue what it or what it might be for. Can anyone assuage my itch? Allan Ferguson posted: 31 Mar 2010 17:47 from: Paul Boyd Now that you've pointed it out, it'll bug me as well. Thanks (Nope- I haven't a clue either!) posted: 31 Mar ...
11. glueing track
... . When ballast is glued using PVA you get a solid mass which can transmit noise using the basebords as amplifiers. Less noise is transmitted through the flexibly glued ballast and so you get quieter running, not that important at an exhibition, but in the home.... A cheaper alternative to Copydex is the latex based glue used fitting carpets, usually sold in 5litre(?) plastic cans. Cheers for now John from 33820 St Ciers sur Gironde, France. posted: 23 Dec 2011 12:06 from: allanferguson Copydex does, as stated, remain flexible. But if you try to drill holes in it (as for wiring) the glue film will wrap itself round the drill and simply peel off the baseboard and rail/ballast surfaces -- a pain in the neck. I have used a spray adhesive sold for floorcoverings with some success, but it leaves little time for adjustment. I'm not convinced of the soundproofing qualities of any combination of adhesive and underlay on a conventional baseboard. The only reasonably quiet system is, I ...
... angle at the points is much smaller. But there is still usually a reduced speed limit over the subsidiary route. Modern high-speed junctions use complex mathematical curves to reduce the deflection to an absolute minimum. Also, curved running lines are normally canted (superelevated -- the outer rail is raised higher than the inner rail). So in the situation above the turnout road would have an adverse cant, again leading to a severe speed restriction. regards, Martin. posted: 29 Nov 2011 13:26 from: allanferguson I wonder whether it is necessary for those of us who use, and enthuse, about Templot to be more careful about how we promote it, by making the point that an understanding of prototype trackwork is really necessary before venturing into the design field of Templot. I suspect that if users had this understanding, then 50 percent of the queries would be unnecessary. It shouldn't be necessary for Martin to have to spend ages explaining the difference between Main side and Turnout side. Allan F Allan posted: 29 Nov 2011 16 ...
... approach; rail held flat with one hand on a firm flat surface (usually GW models crossing jig), switch tip at edge of surface, and attack it with any reasonable file to hand, until I get something similar to the switch profile on the template. Works fine; you don't necessarily need any sophisticated tools or jigs. Having said that, if I saw the need for a lot of turnouts coming up, I could be interested in the odd jig. posted: 4 Apr 2011 20:13 from: allanferguson In light of recent discussion regarding the filing of crossing vees I thought I might add my tuppenceworth. Attached is part of a piece I wrote for our own group newsletter a while ago. I'm sorry, but I don't know how to convert it into a document on here. Allan F Attachment: attach_1035_1386_VEES.doc 846 posted: 21 Aug 2013 09:25 from: CoBo allanferguson wrote: In light of recent discussion regarding the filing of crossing vees I thought I might add my tuppenceworth. Attached is part of a piece I ...
... from: Nigel Brown Fascinating bit of track there at Three Cocks junction, Martin. Just cries out to be built! Cheers nigel posted: 17 Apr 2012 10:56 from: Godwinpa John has identified the inevitable exception to thr ule. The late Cyril Freezer would have put this into his "prototype for everything department". The Victorians went to great lengths to avoid facing points. See this example from Braintree (Essesx) from 1910: 2399_170555_330000000.jpg Regards, Paul Godwin posted: 17 Apr 2012 13:08 from: allanferguson Godwinpa wrote: Howard, Now you know what a single slip is, I would add that single slips in UK main lines are traditionally only used in the trailing direction. That is that no approaching train on the mainline could suffer a change of direction as a result of the slip switch being set incorrectly. So on Martins diagram, mainline trains would be permissible running on the horizontal track from the right to the left, but not left to right. Even facing points were avoided if at all possible and if they ...
... The local newspaper, if it still exists, may run a competition to see which pub team can evaluate Pi to the greatest number of places before closing time. The best hope is that a decent flat-screen monitor, keyboard and mouse set will become cheap enough to fall within hobby prices (maybe it already has?), and can be plugged into the latest mobile ithing. Assuming it's still big enough to have room for the sockets. regards, Martin. posted: 27 Nov 2010 16:21 from: allanferguson I was surprised to be approached at a recent exhibition by a chap who wanted to know where he could find detail drawings of certain wagons. When I talked to him about construction methods he revealed that he wanted to make computer models of the wagons to run in his virtual trains on his virtual railway. He said there were a number of people involved in this, to me, unknown branch of the hobby. He was not just a computer geek, but, in his own way, a serious and competent railway ...
16. Superelevation
... topic: 966 Superelevation posted: 29 Oct 2009 16:00 from: Alan McMillan Hello all. Does anybody know what to do with a crossover (as shown below) on a curve? I can't really see what would be the solution as the normal arrangement for superelevated curves is as illustrated which would lead to the crossover track doing some very strange things to go from one line to the other. Regards Alan McMillan 412_291058_530000000.png 412_291058_330000000.png posted: 29 Oct 2009 16:31 from: allanferguson Alan The interim report on the Grayrigg smash http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/071003_IR022007_Grayrigg.pdf has a picture of the offending crossover which suggests that both tracks were in the same plane at a cant of 95mm, at least in the vicinity of the crossover. I feel sure I've heard of situations where the cant was taken out through a crossover, but this would involve a speed reduction, and in any case I can't think of examples, so may be havering! Allan Ferguson posted: 29 Oct 2009 17:06 from: Alan McMillan ...
17. Templot docs
... Guide and two other helpful publications). If Corel can do this, why not Templot? OK. CorelDraw is three time the cost of Templot, but that is a commercial decision made by Martin and really is irrelevant to the argument. Not if you buy the Home and Student edition for £60 you don't. So pay your £250 and get a user guide, pay your £60 and don't get a user guide. Just like Templot I suppose? Alan posted: 28 Jan 2010 22:49 from: allanferguson Brian Lewis wrote: Here we go again. Every day brings a string of emails from confused and bewildered Templot users. Is this going to continue for ever? Last week a contributor commented that there can be no good software if it is not accompanied by equally good manuals that are equally as good. I heartily concur. I have all but given up on Templot, because I just do not know what to do. Yet I must be one of the earliest purchasers of the programme. Somebody mentioned this morning 'turning ...
18. 10 years old
... inevitable attribute of size so being big or small is completely irrelevent. Templot works and it works well although I wish we could all find a way to get over this frustrating problem of always relying on your hand to lead us out of our blunderings time after time, which prolongs the realisation of solutions to outstanding track assembly design software and wastes time,increasing insecurity and uncertainty all round. That is obviously our problem. Congratulations again, Martin. A well wisher, Donald posted: 10 Sep 2010 13:30 from: allanferguson Can I endorse the congratulations to Martin and to all the other contributors from whom I've learnt an enormous amount during the past seven years as a member here (yes, it shook me when I worked it out!). Not just about Templot, but about real trackwork, operation, computers.... etc, etc. Many thanks to all. Allan F posted: 11 Sep 2010 05:17 from: kenbec Hello Martin and congratulations, This, without a doubt, is my favourite forum ever. ...
... to install two sector tables in the F/Y as there isn't much length to have a fan of sidings. This doesn't look pretty and has meant installing quite an abnormal crossing which is something I need to try and complete. Due to it's angel it's not possible for Templot to produce the crossing and, I believe, needs to be built-up using several Templates. Any tips will be greatly received. Thanks, Scott Attachment: attach_3131_3738_Bonnyrig_1_14-08-20.box 64 posted: 17 Aug 2020 15:06 from: allanferguson Scott That looks like a very interesting project, which should be good fun to operate (important point in my view). The two turntable fiddle yards seem like a brilliant idea for using the available space. It did occur to me, would it be worthwhile putting a link between them. It wouldn't add much constructional complexity, but would significantly increase the operating potential. I wondered about moving the locoshed nearer to the station. It would give the shed building a wee bit more elbow room, and my recollection is ...
... Img"> Hi Paul, Sorry about that, and thanks for jogging my memory. It's a known bug, which happens if your first ever upload is via the message editor button. If you make your first upload via the main upload link, you don't see the problem. I thought I had cured it, but obviously not. I will have another look at the code. It will be something blindingly obvious when I find it! Thanks again, Martin. posted: 9 Aug 2009 22:28 from: allanferguson Paul Boyd wrote: Hi Len...As an aside, is the Templot plan going to form part of your track base? The reason for asking is that you'll never get the formation off that double-sided tape! .... Cheer I've found that my wife's hair drier (used with consent!) will heat up the tape sufficiently to enable it to be peeled off. Allan Ferguson Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. ...
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