... backwoods US railroads, I just have to find the pics Cheers Bruce Attachment: attach_589_897_Picture_9.png 514 Last edited on 12 Jul 2009 03:53 by BruceNordstrand posted: 12 Jul 2009 03:51 from: BruceNordstrand Whoops, double post- Martin, please delete when you have a spare moment. Last edited on 12 Jul 2009 03:52 by BruceNordstrand posted: 12 Jul 2009 09:23 from: Martin Wynne BruceNordstrand wrote I managed to find something similar on Google books, these are commonly called lap turnouts. Hi Bruce, 2_120341_100000000.jpg A "lap" turnout is the American term for what is known in the UK as a tandem turnout. They are quite common here, although now less so than in steam days. There is a video showing how to create one in Templot. Download it from: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/3_way_tandem.exe There is a detailed guide to what is happening in that video in this message: message 4150 and the full topic is at: topic 707 If you go to the site search page and ...