... 2016 13:55 from: Tim Lee That make sense. Tim posted: 5 Feb 2016 23:28 from: Tony W undefined Hi Tim. You may find the following pictures of interest. They show the switch blades of a 3 throw turnout at Butterley at the Midland Railway Centre. Although these are a special case, the operating components appear to be pretty standard. The two rods attached nearest to the tips of the blades are the operating rods connected to point levers in this case. Regards Tony W. 2151_051819_170000000.jpg 2151_051825_160000000.jpg posted: 5 Feb 2016 23:54 from: Tim Lee Thanks Tony, Excellent pictures.... very interesting and much appreciated. Regards Tim posted: 12 Oct 2017 09:50 from: Tim Lee I have a quick question on sleeper placement. When you have parallel running lines (up and down routes) is there a tendency to adjust the sleeper positions so that the positions mirror each other... I have seen this on a fair few photos but wondered if this was coincidence of by design ...