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Hi all,

 

After some advice for my modern image wagon works depot.

 

All the points are to be fitted with hand levers rather than dummy motors, in a small yard environment, would you expect to see other items of equipment around them such as heaters, relay boxes, wiring etc or would it just be a lever?

 

total novice when it comes to this sort of stuff but want to make it as realistic as possible!

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It depends on tyhe yard.  In the past apart from mechanisrd marshalling yards all the points in teh yard are would normally be worked by their own handlever - so no need for anything else.

 

Some modern depots have centralised control and power worked points and signals but most, if not all, yards where shunting takes place - especially small yards - only have handpoints.  Only the exit connection to a running line would be worked by either a signal box or ground frame.

 

Go to page 68 in this thread to learn more about hand points -

 

 

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