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Or, if using setrack components, use two right-hand points to make a crossover to the left of the diamond crossing.

Does it have to be a continuous run? If you can fit a longer run with a narrower width, end-to-end layouts can fit better in the room and offer more operational interest than a tail-chaser. An arrangement in a corner, spread out over an L-shape, can be a good plan and the space under the layout can ...

Dublo wrote:Hello all
Another exciting delivery from the postman again today. A lovely boxed pair of Trix Twin illuminated Bracket Home Signals.

These look excellent. Most semaphore signals I've seen are left dark, if they work at all. Trouble is now you'll want a load more!

It's coming together nicely! The platforms blend together well and the subway is a good space saver as I assume the main station building is underground or elsewhere.

That's basically how the peco one works. The middle frog is common to one of the others, and the other two are each switched by their respective point blades.

Think I've cracked it. I shuffled some points around elsewhere which gave me a spare medium left-hand in exchange for a large one. So now I can have a crossover at the start of the curve made of a large right and medium left, then a branch off to the left further round by a medium right-hand. The sh...

Peco track indeed- hence my wariness at using a slip on the main line. There's a double slip in the MPD area but that's low speed and locos only so a different matter. A third option would be to use a diamond crossing and two sets of points here instead of the slip- basically turning it into an outs...

On my layout, I have a single line branch off to the fiddle yard from a double track main line, immediately after one of the corner curves. So I'm playing around with track pieces to figure out the best layout for the junction. Option 1: Have a trailing crossover followed by a facing point. So train...

When Hornby first released their live steam Mallard, it struck me as a bit of a marketing gimmick. A remarkable piece of engineering, getting a working remote-controlled live steam loco to work, but still very limited in what else they could do, and the system was never going to be perfect. If you h...

Enjoyable to see. Point work most elegant. The credit, as usual, must go to Mr. Freezer. It's one of those features of the Minories plan that looks a bit strange on the plan but makes a lot more sense in real life. The tracks make a turn across the platforms and then any platform only needs one rev...

This is looking good so far :) For the section by the bridges, how about an urban area with a road under the bridges. Lots of places around where a railway goes through a town at high level, and the area to the right could be faced with brick arches housing small industries, a car garage etc. Nooks ...

Automotive connectors are a good option for cases like this. You can make or break all connections in one go and no possibility of mixing them up.

I did a diagram somewhere for a double track hinged section- I'll see if I can dig it out.

For a lift-out or hinged section, the best way is to wire isolating sections either side of the gap, such that power has to be cut off before the bridging section can be moved. Multiway plugs and sockets on a short cable is one method of doing so.

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Sounds like you've got a good space for a layout- similar to mine in size and location. Looking forward to seeing this one develop!

So there are a couple of decisions to be made around the station where I need some outside opinions. Firstly, the provision of the outer crossover around the corner. I was planning to use a left-hand point and double slip to give a further trailing crossover and branch off into a third line which co...