... topic: 2923 is there a "set" in curved turnouts posted: 6 Sep 2016 13:15 from: madscientist Given Martins oft repeated comments on establishing a" set" in the curved stock rail and the importance of the straight section adjacent to the planed blade, How does this work in curved turnouts, is there a" set" in both rails etc dave posted: 6 Sep 2016 13:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, There is a set on one side only, the same as a straight turnout. A curved turnout is simply a straight turnout bent into a curve along the main road. This means that all the sections which are straight in a straight turnout are curved to the main road radius in a curved turnout. So beyond the set, the "straight" section* is curved at the outer radius. Then where the rails diverge the inner turnout radius begins. The stock gauge remains the same and in the same position at the end of the planing, which is the same planing length. All ...

... posted: 20 Oct 2011 18:00 from: Tony W Dr G Alan Gee wrote: I have made a station loop following the instructions in Martins video. How do i insert a point into the loop as the insert button is greyed out. I am new to Templot. Any suggestions would be of great help. Kind regards Alan Gee Hello Dr G. Although I have not watched the video in question, I suspect the reason that the insert button is greyed out is because the loop is an extension of the turnout/ point. Turnouts can only be inserted into a length of plain track so you will need to make the loop track a separate piece of track first. Use the make return curve option under tools and make adjacent track turnout side at the relevent track spacing or link it onto the end of the return curve. Tony. Last edited on 21 Oct 2011 12:11 by Tony W posted: 20 Oct 2011 18:46 from: Martin Wynne Dr G Alan Gee wrote: I have made a station loop following ...

... 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: 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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: 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 ...

... 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: 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: 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 ...