... seen such drawings and photos in the past, but unfortunately my memory nowadays is useless. It's easy to find modern drawings like this, but I suspect this is rather longer than you have space for (and it doesn't have the double timbering): http://www.gleisbau-welt.de/fileadmin/ _processed_/9 /4 /csm_Weiche_5d6963df42.jpg cheers, Martin. posted: 1 Mar 2019 17:09 from: Martin Wynne Hi Stefan, Here's an illustration of the space saving possible by using more prototypical designs: 2_011152_170000000.png You can see that although the upper crossover has a much easier radius, it is actually shorter than a Lenz crossover, and saves a lot of overall space. If your track plan includes some sharp curves, you would want to increase the spacing a little to ensure a running clearance. But the full Lenz spacing seems excessive. I don't have any data for German switches, but I guess that the geometry of the GWR curved switches is probably quite close. The upper crossover is created using GWR 10ft switches and 1 ...