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many thanks.. really useful diagram on the link you posted!

many thanks Ian.. this is exactly how I needed it explaining.. this is why i love RM Web!!

Thanks for this info.. I sort of assumed this must have been the case.. I need to find a picture now of how the rodding would have been set up to enable 1 lever doing both points at the same time!

Hi everyone, I need some help understanding how the point rodding would have looked/worked at Fawley in Hampshire. I am modelling Fawley and for the most part I understand how things would have worked, however, I don't understand how the point rodding would have worked for the points numbered '4' in the attached picture... there is only a single run of point rodding to the 2 sets of points numbered '4' looking at the picture attached... would the loop point have been clipped and the rodding operate only the platform road point? Or would the single length of rodding operate both points on one pull of lever '4'? Also is the symbol like a cross on the points labelled '6' a facing point lock?? Hopefully I have explained this clearly.. as you can see I am no signalman but I do want to get this right. many thanks in advance! Richard.

thanks all for you replies.. very useful!

Hi, I got my 00 Heljan class 33 out of the box last night for the first time in ages only to find that the destination blind glass had fallen out and is now missing.. is this something that can be replaced easily? if so do Heljan keep them in stock or is it a case of pleading on the net trying to find one?! Any ideas much appreciated!!