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... do want a smooth transitioned link for running lines, see the usual method here: http://templot.com/companion/link_existing.php cheers, Martin. posted: 9 Aug 2019 21:26 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, That looks likely to be a very useful addition to Templot. Look forward to it soon. While not the way you would prefer people to use Templot I can see a lot of 'beginners' using it to join up templates scattered over the workpad- in a similar way to joining up the turnout 'paper' templates used to be done by many on the baseboards. That is assuming the beginner can find the menu and recognize the terminology Rob posted: 10 Aug 2019 00:58 from: John Palmer Very useful addition to the toolkit- looking forward to using this when the update comes around. Thank you, Martin. posted: 11 Aug 2019 13:03 from: Martin Wynne Thanks for the comments. I've taken this a bit further, and included automatic trimming of the background template. It can be undone ...
... 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: 1631 What does the radius dimension relate to? posted: 15 Sep 2011 16:13 from: Brian Nicholls Hi All, I wonder if someone would be kind enough to enlighten me (advise me, call it what you will) regarding the radius dimension on the drawing shown below. The radius dimension is, as shown, 594 ft, or 9 chains The question is, would that dimension shown be for the centre line of the turnout track, or would it be for the curve of the crossing rail only as shown? I know in most cases, the turnout radius, when related to the turnout as a whole, is referred to as the centre line radius, but this one has me guessing (which is something I don't want to do when inputting data). All the best, Brian Nicholls. 1853_151110_270000000.png posted: 15 Sep 2011 17:26 from: Martin Wynne Hi Brian, It's the radius in the rail, which Templot matches exactly: gauge> other gauges...> set exact scale. ...
... 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: 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: 667 An important announcement by C+ L Finescale posted: 21 Dec 2008 00:06 from: Brian Lewis An important announcement by C+ L Finescale Whilst watching Norman Solomon building turnouts on the latest Activity Media DVD- constructing templates, sticking down timbers, etc.- I was struck by the thought that I was doing this 40 years ago. Locomotives and rolling stock are so much more accurate that they were even ten years ago? So why haven't available track components reflected this improvement? Folk still create trackwork by building individual turnouts and 'stitch' them together with plain track using 'one size fits all' generic track templates. Surely we can do better than this? Well we have and as from the new year, a new era in track construction begins. Boat and aircraft kit manufacturers use lasers to cut components with amazing accuracy- as do model railway kit manufacturers in the US. It doesn't seem to happen here. But we are going to change all that. So for the past month I have been taking prototype track ...
... topic: 1656 Advice on tandem turnouts, please posted: 17 Oct 2011 00:49 from: Bill_Lobb I attach an incomplete box file that I am playing with at the moment. Towards the right of the plan, there are two turnouts overlaid over each other (templates 38& 41) which I intend will eventually become a tandem turnout. However, I have no experience at all of tandems. Before I spend more time on them, or the track leading from them, I am hoping that someone might have a look and see if they look OK. In particular, given the switch and crossing placings, does it look build-able? Any other comments will be welcome too. Thanks, in anticipation, Bill Attachment: attach_1199_1656_wormalds_cut_11_1 0_16_0150_43.box 215 posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:42 from: Tony W Hi Bill. I have downloaded your trackplan and will come back to you shortly. Tony. posted: 17 Oct 2011 14:04 from: Tony W Hi Bill. Interesting project. I have made a couple of minor ...
168. tandem aids
... topic: 3152 tandem aids posted: 10 Dec 2017 20:07 from: Martin Wynne For the next program update I have added 3 extra functions to help in creating tandem turnouts. Now in update 217a. These will make it a bit easier to align the inserted additional V-crossing: 2_101500_510000000.png 2_101500_510000002.png 2_101500_510000001.png I will make a bit of video showing these in use shortly. The program update should be available in the next few days. There are still a few loose ends to finish first. cheers, Martin. posted: 10 Dec 2017 20:22 from: Alan Kettlewell I'll look forward to this. I spent another whole day today getting to know this part of the process and still found it difficult to get aligned. So anything to make it easier would be great. Cheers... Alan posted: 11 Dec 2017 07:52 from: Martin Wynne Alan Kettlewell wrote: I'll look forward to this. I spent another whole day today getting to know this part of the process and still found it difficult to get aligned ...
... 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 ...
... comment, suggestion or advice given by me is illustrative of the use of my Templot software only, and must not be relied on in the design of any railway track. Attachment: attach_1549_2121_herstmonceux_slip .box 295 posted: 11 Dec 2012 22:44 from: Ron Mitchell Hi Martin, that's fantastic! I got as far as step 5 in the Quick Guide, assumed a substitute for "control" is "Main"& then got totally confused (because I hadn't given enough time to reading help)with "Get a mint turnout template" from store& background. As I said, I need to devote most of my time to machining& building the crossing components then assembling on site (probably in the wind& snow of a Norfolk winter) so as to be ready for next season's running. I'll read help to attempt to clean up the drawing, get the text off it (& the extraneous straight track)& get a full size print made so that assembly can be carried out on top of it. Again, many thanks for ...
... : CLM degrees= 2 x ARCTAN( 1/( 2 x N)) RAM degrees= ARCTAN( 1/ N) So for 1:5 crossings (# 5 frogs): CLM= 2 x ARCTAN(1 /10)= 11deg 25min 16.27sec RAM= ARCTAN(1 /5)= 11deg 18min 35.76sec Note that for increasing N (flatter angles) the difference between CLM and RAM diminishes.For modelling purposes the difference in angle is insignificant, but it makes a measurable difference to the lead length of a turnout. Try swapping from RAM to CLM in Templot to see the difference. So for 1:10 crossings (# 10 frogs): CLM= 2 x ARCTAN(1 /20)= 5deg 43min 29.32sec RAM= ARCTAN(1 /10)= 5deg 42min 38.14sec I shall leave you to dab your own calculator for the rest! Or you can use this trick in Templot: peg_ram_degrees.png Set a straight turnout, shift it onto the datum so that the rails are horizontal on the screen. Press CTRL-4 ...
172. Using gaunt turnouts
... 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: 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 ...
... topic: 1193 Track plan tutorial again- Track handedness, negative radius turnouts and crossings posted: 10 Aug 2010 10:16 from: grog_polymer In the Track plan tutorial it also says that looking from the peg at Pos 0 RH refers to the direction of positive radius. This seems really bizare as a track curving to the left is considered to be Right Handed but with negative radius. I don't understand that. There are also a couple of references to shorter crossings being acceptable for turnouts with significant negative radius. Is this due to the fact that the deflection through the crossing is shallow on both roads? Regards, Greg posted: 9 Nov 2010 14:43 from: Martin Wynne grog_polymer wrote: In the Track plan tutorial it also says that looking from the peg at Pos 0 RH refers to the direction of positive radius. This seems really bizare as a track curving to the left is considered to be Right Handed but with negative radius. I don't understand that. There are also a couple of references to shorter crossings being acceptable for ...
175. Scissors crossovers
... 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 ...
176. Double Junction
... 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 ...
177. Flipping track!
... topic: 1824 Flipping track! posted: 10 Feb 2012 09:15 from: Mike Waldron Good Morning all: I have been working on 3-way interlaced turnouts- both with mixed and similar point types- B8/ B6 as well as B6 /B6 each way. my question is: once you have produced the exact track formation what you want, and found that you also need the other-handed version, is there a way to group the whole formation and just flip it in mirror image? Do I have to go through the whole building process all over again? Mike posted: 10 Feb 2012 09:49 from: Martin Wynne Mike Waldron wrote: my question is: once you have produced the exact track formation what you want, and found that you also need the other-handed version, is there a way to group the whole formation and just flip it in mirror image? Hi Mike, 1. Select them as a group. 2. group> duplicate group if you want to keep the originals. ...
178. Saunderton
... topic: 3655 Saunderton posted: 2 May 2020 22:44 from: David Gwynne With some swearing, some frustration but with the software sort of clicking with me a few times, my first effort attached. Any feedback gratefully received. In particular, I struggled to join two of the turnouts together with a plain piece of track (just above the diamond). Suspect I may also need to learn how to transition between pieces better. Not sure if it's possible to exactly follow the lines on the 6" maps but I've tried to keep as close as possible. David Attachment: attach_3021_3655_Saunderton_v5.mec box 86 posted: 3 May 2020 08:17 from: Martin Wynne David Gwynne wrote: Not sure if it's possible to exactly follow the lines on the 6" maps but I've tried to keep as close as possible. Hi David, The 6" maps are generally too small to use for model track planning. The smallest maps which can be used tend to be the 25" maps (1 :2500). Saunderton station opened in 1901 ...
179. Y Turnout Problems
... topic: 2914 Y Turnout Problems posted: 22 Aug 2016 00:50 from: petedavey Hi all, I am currently attempting to get to grips with templot, I was struggling with creating a Y turnout which Martin kindly did for me. Having got the basics in place it appears I have rather more room for the Y turnouts than I previously realised. I have tried redrawing with more forgiving angles but am completely baffled one the half diamond is inserted as I have no switch blades and only half of the check rails. I have attached the box file which currently incorporated the Y turnout template that Martin created, but as you can see I have room for much more gentle curves, how do I stretch them please? To give a little background to the trackplan, this is the lower part of the first of free modules, the 3 tracks looping off are a mainline and a preservation branchline which go onto a helix to the upper levels, the next board along will be plain line only (at fiddle yard level) and the last ...
180. Tandem turnouts
... topic: 2107 Tandem turnouts posted: 9 Nov 2012 03:53 from: julia So, in a fit of insomnia, I decided I would have a go at making a tandem turnout for my layout. It all seemed pretty simple, a #8 and a #9 turnout. Working in H0e (9mm gauge, 0.85mm flange way gaps, aka NEM N track on H0 sleeper spacings) I have managed to get the two turnouts overlaid over each other, but I am now stumped, so much of the video tutorial seems to not match up, and the various other attempts people have made to document how to make a tandem turnout, don't seem to work for me. I have attached the box file of where I am so far, Can anyone point me at what I am supposed to do next? J Attachment: attach_1534_2107_tandemtrial.box 291 posted: 12 Nov 2012 18:37 from: Tony W Hi Julia. The problem with your Tandem is that the switch pairs are too close together and the second set of blades cannot be ...
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