... something. Your help in getting us up to speed is very much appreciated. Thanks, Joe posted: 11 Jul 2017 19:49 from: Eric Gates With a stub turnout, how far back do you cut off the switch rails and how much gap should there be between the two converging switch rails at that point? I assume that the absolute minimum would be the clearance between a rail and a checkrail? Would there have been a practical maximum or is this trying to be too scientific about a fairly agricultural device? 2854_111445_530000000.jpg Best wishes Eric posted: 11 Jul 2017 23:03 from: Nigel Brown In this context, what are the switch rails? Knowing nothing about stub points, think I'd assume that the pair of rails which move are the switch rails, whereas from your question I get the impression that you're using the term for the 3 pairs of converging rails in the pic. If that's the case, then (again, I know nowt about this) I suspect that what is essential is that the rails adjacent to a particular ...