Wilf

Dear Paul, Thank you very much for your prompt reply, copy of what is indeed a very useful chart, and general patience! For the absolute avoidance of all doubt, would the following be considered compliant with the spirit and intent of the Standard? The two routes from the join with other modules into the two "optional-through platforms" are mainline (36" minimum radius, likely to be used as a standard rather than a minimum) and everything else is a low-speed approach ("siding"; 24" minimum [and I really do mean MINIMUM not usual] radius). Looking forward to picking up the Saw in due course, as well as the Pencil! Wilf

Hello! I'm your standard run-of-the-mill lapsed modeller thinking about getting more involved with the hobby again, without anything approaching a module, but I'm very enthusiastic about the idea of joining in. To this end, I've started sketching plans for an inner-city terminus with the centre platforms optionally through ones, and the pointwork at the other end on a curve. I searched the forums as well as I could to try and a consensus of what minimum radius was in force where (especially with slips and the Curved Points of Extreme Contentiousness), but remain afraid of getting it wrong. There have been a couple of meets since the topic was last discussed (at some length, it would appear); are the offending points permitted where the diverging route is not part of route which trains will be pelting along? Best wishes, and apologies if this re-ignites a long debate! Wilf