In message , Harry Bloomfield
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Assuming two pairs of railway lines join together via points, to become
one line on a narrow gauge railway, the line you are on, then a line to
the left- you are progressing from the the line on the right, onto the
single pair of lines.

Points are set for the line on the left, rather than you line. Is is
normal to just drive the engine through the wrongly set points?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8YJsVOH58 at 7:40

Not looked at the youtube, but it could be OK. There are things called
spring loaded points, which are set to automatically send traffic on one
route (when approaching the divergence), but will allow traffic from the
other route to join the single route from either side (when converging).
Sometimes used with on trams to avoid the need for changing the points.

Adrian
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