... They are 12" wide and 6" thick if made of wood. Nowadays they are often made of concrete, and correctly called "bearers", but still commonly called "timbers" and the process of designing the layout of them is called "timbering". For American track ties are usually all the same width, but in Templot you must remember to set the width twice, once for the sleepers and once for the timbers. regards, Martin. posted: 7 Oct 2012 18:17 from: Martin Wynne 2_070534_550000000.png Hi Chris, 2. Templot is not a CAD program in the usual sense, so some of these dimensions can't be directly set as they stand. There is no way to draw a line on the screen and have it converted to track. Templot does the drawing work for you. The usual way to get a full prototypical match is to watch the dimensions showing in the information panel as you adjust the turnout by mouse action, until the desired dimension is obtained. Before that you may need to make some other ...