Phil H

Hi Gordon .Should have said Eastwood Town. my mistake. Cheers Phil h.

Hi Gordon. Thanks for the reply, look for wood to see your completed layout / further threads of Eastwood Station. Regards Phil h.

Hi Hayfield + Martin_Wayne. Thanks for the info, and will look up Martins templot .com. Cheers Phil h.

Hi Gordon. Not to get confused Iam Phil Houghton. Better late than never.. I have just finished reading all your 69 threads. Just to say you are a Master Craft's man in respect to your layout work as to track work and all the rest. Is templot what you get when you do your own track work, or is it a computer aided track system you work from. I only no of winrail . com and anyrail.com as track planning systems. Hope you do not mind if I take you back to thread 42 ie/ Gradients you may now have completed this work. I have always used the calculation as to overall length including transition at both ends Divide in to the height that is required, if you only have 13ft = 3,939mm divide that in to 70mm = 0.0177 % before your point work. On working with my son on my grandson layout we have 4 tracks coming down over 8mtr to go under terminus with 100mm height = 8000mm divide into 100mm= 0.0125 % we have on trial no problem with di-cast wren loco's pulling 8 coaches gets harder over 1%. for every 96" you drop 1" so that's 8ft drop per1" to maintain the 1% requirement. That is why I think you may have to move your point work back to wards your junction. I look forward to your layout being completed and more threads. PS Hope you & wife are in good health. Regards Phil Houghton.

Hi Horsetan. You could be right there. Phil H.

Hi Ron. I might be thinking of the topic, as in led as to light omitting diode, if so have you thought of fibre optics and logic switching save a lot of time and money if iam on the right lines. Regards Phil H.

Hi Ron, Iam a new member Jan / 2014. What a model, iam from Manchester and know the station well, now in my 60s.You must be classed as a master model maker. Have you thought of having it made in kit form and then sold to us the railway modellers. I would put my order in now. Regards Phil H.