... topic: 956 BR Track plans posted: 17 Oct 2009 15:52 from: richard_t Hello I'm going to start Temploting over some British Rail plans (41.66' to 1" scale), and I wondered what the bar near the switch end of a turnout represented? Is it the tips of the switches, where the stretcher bar is, or something else? I can't post a real example (copyright), but attached is an (made up) example. 499_171051_330000000.png TIA Richard. posted: 18 Oct 2009 07:18 from: Jamie92208 As far as I can tell it is where the point blades start. The stretcher bars can be some distance from the tip of the blades. Jamie posted: 18 Oct 2009 09:06 from: Martin Wynne richard_t wrote: I'm going to start Temploting over some British Rail plans (41.66' to 1" scale), and I wondered what the bar near the switch end of a turnout represented? Hi Richard, You asked the same question a few years ago, and I answered ...