... or somesuch scenic device, or maybe resite the signal box to the other side of the tracks. Or is it just too contrived and would make the layout more awkward to fit into exhibition plans with an extra foot being needed just for a sticky out bit of track??? Attachment: attach_1291_1762_fourgig_east_exte nded_engine_shed.box 345 posted: 3 Jan 2012 15:32 from: RedgateModels here's the second .box file Attachment: attach_1292_1762_fourgig_east_exte nded_engine_shed_plus.box 288 posted: 3 Jan 2012 17:14 from: wcampbell23 Have you considered replacing the slip with two separate turnouts? This would not greatly affect the run-round loop and give you more flexibility for the release crossover. At the end of the platform road you could maximise the space for a loco by installing a minimal buffer stop such as this one at Bodmin General: 54_031213_080000000.jpg Regards Bill Campbell. Last edited on 3 Jan 2012 17:16 by wcampbell23 posted: 3 Jan 2012 17:36 from: RedgateModels Nice photo Bill, I'd already planned saomething similar for the buffer stop. The main reason for the double slip was ...

... topic: 206 Gimping a turnout for Bob posted: 25 Oct 2007 05:41 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, Bob Reid asked on RMweb for some help in identifying the size of this turnout. I thought it would make an interesting exercise in using perspective correction in the GIMP image editor: 272_gf_1.jpg Before attempting to gimp it some general clues can be seen. This is a loose-heel straight switch rather than an REA flexible (A, B, C, etc). The heel location is very clear in the pic. This is a passenger running line (hence the facing-points lock). The loop on the right is a goods-only line (hence the catch points). So it's unlikely to be a long fast turnout, i.e. no longer than say 1:12. On the other hand short 9ft and 10ft loose-heel switches are very unusual in running lines. Ditto V-crossings less than about 1:7. So probably somewhere between 12ft and 18ft for the switch with a V ...

... topic: 1176 interlaced sleepers on a 3-way turnout posted: 24 Jul 2010 11:40 from: Mike Waldron Has anyone produced a 3 way turnout with interlaced sleepers? Apparently they were fashionable in the early days of the LB&SCR. Would value any help possible Mike Last edited on 24 Jul 2010 11:53 by Mike Waldron posted: 26 Jul 2010 10:23 from: Mike Waldron I have just been running the 3 way Tandem turnout video- which is great- but I have not quite worked out how to get to the starting point- namely to being with both turnouts stripped of their central timbers. Added to which, I am working with interlaced sleepers instead of some of the timbers- LBSCR pre 1900 practise. I suspect that the timbers left out are the ones I will be interlacing- from the rear of the switches to the 4 timbers that the crossing and check rails are set on. It's just getting to that stage I'm not sure of. The rest I can work out from the video. ...

... topic: 2768 new symmetrical Y-turnouts posted: 29 Oct 2015 00:58 from: Martin Wynne Two requests in one day about Y-turnouts means "something must be done". Full adjustable split-deflection switches have been on my NOD list (" nice one day") for over 20 years. Without getting any closer. But in a couple of hours today I have come up with a stop-gap solution which works far better than I dared hope. Which means I am now kicking myself for not doing something like this much sooner. It does rely on the irregular half-diamonds, so wouldn't have been possible before Templot2. I have added a new peg position at peg on split deflection: 2_281934_280000000.png This puts the peg on the TP switch toe position (CTRL-2) but at half the switch deflection angle. Which makes it easy to peg an irregular half-diamond onto a bit of plain track to create a switch front. The result is that I was able to create this with just a ...

... on overlaying a design making good use of the various video clips you put together showing how things can be done, It's certainly helped me avoid going the long way round and making educated guesses through the process! But, I've run into a small problem that I think might be resolved by clip D (which has yet to appear!). In a similar situation to the end of clip C, I have a four track crossover where the first double junction is completed with a length of plain line leading to where the turnout of other double junction will be. Not having risked "having a dabble" at the menu's, is there a method to move that length of plain line across the third line and create a turnout? I know pictures would speak a thousand words but hopefully question is logical. I'm hoping there is method in the madness as it will certainly help other areas where it would avoid endless roaming of turnouts. Also as a side issue, is there a function to produce an outside slip [straight main line facing and trailing ...

... topic: 2930 Scissors crossovers posted: 2 Oct 2016 17:13 from: Ray Martin, I have been using your fascinating programme for a few years now, though intermittently, to see what I could get (in 18.83) and what I couldn't into my 14ft x 9ft space. I have not progressed beyond using it as a sort of more flexible 'click and connect' system where I call up turnouts and track and add them together, although 'insert turnout into plain track' has also been useful. Using this method, I have been trying to design a scissors crossover with B7 turnouts but not at a given adjacent track spacing( I am trying to emulate the throat at Cheltenham St James arrival platforms). I have inserted B7 turnouts into curved track so that they face each other, and then add plain track to each so that they cross, and then use the 'make diamond crossing' command in the peg align tools menu. This looks at first sight to work but on magnifying the view, there is a small but significant ...

... topic: 1487 Using gaunt turnouts posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:21 from: Martin Wynne Richard T asked for a quick recipe for using a gaunt turnout in a 3-way tandem turnout. This was one reason for introducing gaunt turnouts -- for use as a partial template forming the middle crossing in a 3-way turnout (tandem or three-throw types). Note that in many cases you may find using an irregular half-diamond template gives better results and is easier to adjust than a gaunt turnout. Here's a quick guide to using a gaunt turnout in a tandem: (Templot2 only) 1. Put the notch on the rail intersection for the middle vee in the usual way.* With a new turnout control template: 2. F5 to set the crossing angle to a guess, say 1:5 for a typical double-sided tandem. 3. real> V-crossing options> curviform V-crossing. (These are new quicker-access menu items.) Don't forget this step. 4 ...

... topic: 1132 Double Junction posted: 26 May 2010 05:44 from: kenbec Hello out there, I am replacing all of the Peco TurnoutsI have installed on the continuous run portion of a layout I am actually still designing. I am not trying to exactly match the Peco Turnouts with Templot Turnouts but start with a rubbing in each case and take it from there. The continuous run was built before I got Templot but the rest of my design has been discarded in view of the greater opportunities now open to me through Templot. However in two locations a double junction is still the best option to allow me to transition to and from the other parts of my future design. Both are on straight stretches and, having previously been constructed using standard Peco parts, do NOT involve "irregular diamond crossings" if that is still the accepted term. My question is could someone out there point me in the direction of anything which covers the construction of Double Junctions? I have searched Templot but have not found anything describing the construction of a Double ...

... Martin for having provided such a powerful and useful software tool as Templot. I am attaching the box file for the most recent evolution of my projected West Highland model: an alternative to the Mallaig Extension based on the premise of a railway along the west shore of Loch Shiel to a terminus on South Loch Moidart via Acharacle. The box file shows the current layout for the terminus, any resemblance to Mallaig being entirely intentional. In the late 'eighties I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to measure and photograph a North British turnout at Rannoch with interlaced timbering. The turnouts on the attached drawing reflect the data collected at Rannoch. The projected layout features one tandem turnout, the employment of which is fairly critical as I haven't found a satisfactory alternative way to fit in the required facilities. Whilst I am reasonably content with the geometry of this tandem unit, I am much less happy about the interlacing of the timbers. I have scoured every photograph available to me of NBR trackwork, but have yet to find one that clearly shows a tandem, let ...

... topic: 3817 Y-turnouts again posted: 19 Nov 2020 11:11 from: Martin Wynne Another request for Y-turnouts, so something must be done. I have several times explained how a symmetrical Y-turnout can be improvised from an irregular half-diamond, and I added an option to modify the switch timbering accordingly. But it seems to go over heads, so I have decided to add another make function to do it automatically: 2_190555_030000000.png I will make a bit of video later to show it working. It will be in the next program update soon. But please don't ask me when it will be ready, I have been trying to get 227a finished for months. I have made the same mistake I made once before, and left too long a gap between updates. Which means it now contains far too many changes and new features, all of which need finishing and testing before I can release it. They will also need several pages of explanation and release notes to be written, which makes my heart sink ...