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My mistake. I was thinking stub switch. Not sure what you would call that other single blade type. Ken

Thanks for the picture and alternate name, which I had forgotten, for the streetcar switch.? This is what I think of as a stub switch. Since they literally “bend the rails” there are

Charles, not the same thing. Usually know as blade and mate, the blade is a casting and shaped so it can direct the tram to either route. The blade only moves about 75 to 100mm and the mate has no

Weren’t the single moving point turnouts quite common in streetcar tracks in pavement? And still are where such track exists.? Have seen pictures of underground mine tracks where one movable rail

Love it Ken..... Barry

Barry, here's one still in use at the Launceston Tramway Museum in Tasmania Ken

Its Atropos track and point kits Ken. Barry

Just love those single blade points. Ken

My 'Kitchen Table Railway' is just that. A 16mm scale, 32mm gauge railway on the kitchen table because its the only available space in my small, very small, flat. Its 4ft x 2ft and the background is

Hi Joe In H0 4x1 is probably a tad small for a 5:3:3? Inglenook with typical US equipment but it's easy to add a clip on "stick" beyond the modelled layout to form part of the yard lead. The total

Carl Arendt thought that the "microlayout" was a great way to encourage the next generation into the hobby. I live in Central Illinois and have noted the age of the crowds coming to train shows for

The adjective "small" only matters when someone puts that word into a set of rules about what we can or cannot do.? I think that would matter if size were a criteria for preference for participation

*Small, compared to what. ?* Take your average auto. Compared to a semi it seems small. Compared to a smart car it would seem large.? At what point does a hill become a mountain? ? When does a

Max, After looking at the recent posts, I think you are right. Many past layout designers based "small" or "large" descriptions upon area but that is a bit deceptive. I think it was the late Carl

Maybe the most publicized small layout was the On2 quarry road by Dick Andrews. 18”x24” on his drawing board. Written up in Railroad Model Craftsman in the early 1950s and possibly later in Narrow

I almost agree-? I've seen a pretty nifty G scale layout that was about 3x6 at a Narrow Gauge Convention, ( Gn15 ) 1/24 scale on 35mm ( HO ) track...?? there are also a number of folks doing O9 /

I'm beginning to think there are many definitions of 'small layout'. One is 'fits in a car'; two: fits in 'bed of truck'; three: based on 'acreage', etc. Max on Cape Cod

How many nitpickers can quibble over a small layout?? As many as want to!? ;-}?

OK, I'm really pushing the small layout idea here.? I'm building a 46 x 72x 12 high "portable" to fit in the back of my pickup. Transport over the ground will be on a special hand truck. If I find

I'm undecided.? The problem is that in my mind, "small" equates to "portable."? I, and I think most, would say a layout 3' by 6', with a scenery height of 2' or less, is about the limit of portable.