... . Scott posted: 23 Jul 2018 22:30 from: Richard_Jones I think I did my catchpoints by just taking the "switch bit" from a turnout and blanking the rest out- here's a picture of the finished product.... I trimmed them back looking at photos of the prototype- one of them was a weighted points to protect against wrong line run away on a falling gradient- I presume the lever would have "bounced" every time an axle went through it in the normal direction? cheers Richard 1763_231727_350000000.jpg posted: 25 Jul 2018 21:41 from: ScottW Thanks, Richard for sharing your photograph. Lovely work. posted: 26 Jul 2018 06:59 from: rodney_hills Richard,, Your immediately preceeding post mention catch poInts on gradients. Actually what your original thread is about TRAP points, difference explained eg here http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_points This suggest springing catch is usual... Construction of CPs and TrapPs is very similar, it's the location and application that distinguishes them. I recollect a ...