... : I'd hoped I might find a suitable shot of a Caledonian switch In Jim Summers' lovely book on the company's signalling, but no such luck. John, I've had a dig through my Caledonian books- Livery, Wagons, Jumbos, "Branch Lines of Strathearn" and "Caledonian Cavalcade" with not mu8ch luck and a fair bit of annoyance when a potentally good shot has the switch heel just out of frame. However, I did find one in Caledonian Cavalcade which shows a switch in reasonable detail... 25_090623_260000000.jpg This looks like a fifteen or sixteen foot switch with five slide chairs and the fishplate between sleepers/chairs. I found another picture of a switch which showed the same details at Almondbank station in the Strathearn book but it was of poorer quality in the shadow of the platform, so I haven't bothered to scan it. If I have time I'll try digging back through all my copies of the CRA magazine, "The True Line", because I have memories of pictures of the construction of lines where the intention is ...