... more room on the loop, and also stay closer to the original plan. With the baseboard join somewhere between the switch heel and the crossing nose, it gives less angularity to the turnout road. It's no big deal to do this if you are building your own track. Jim. Hi To extend the run round loop using any of the previous ideas by moving the 1st turnout to the fiddle yard and use the cassette or sector plate to replace it as the loco will go off scene anyway. Cheers Phil Attachment: attach_37_Fremlington.PNG 1860 posted: 29 Jul 2007 15:35 from: Martin Wynne Hi Jim, Jim Guthrie wrote: You could place the turnout across the baseboard join to give a bit more room on the loop, and also stay closer to the original plan. With the baseboard join somewhere between the switch heel and the crossing nose, it gives less angularity to the turnout road. It's no big deal to do this if you are building your own track. Many thanks. Yes, I tried that. But it doesn't flatten ...