... a pull rod: 2_191021_370000000.png Lots more there about the design of the stretcher rod fixings and cotter pins if you want it? regards, Martin. Thank you Martin, That would appear pretty definitive... particularly as it mentions the Midland by name in referring to the Midland 15ft switch. The thing which threw me was that there was no reference to lugs on the stretcher bar drawings and prototype photos from the period seem few and far between. One of the few I have turned up to date is this one. 2999_191058_280000000.jpg As you see the actuation is not attached to the stretcher bar but rather is a separate bar turned through 180 degrees similar to the three way turn out actuation I posted earlier. Should I assume that this was only used for lever actuation? Attachment: attach_2535_2839_point_actuation_d etail1.jpg 250 posted: 19 Oct 2017 17:16 from: Martin Wynne Hi Tim, Well clearly, when Allen said "in all cases" he didn't mean that one. Or this tandem, where the rodding on the left doesn't seem to line up with ...