This issue used to cause problems with a model when I tried to electrify the
points, since the push needed was increased by the points mechanism when the
solenoid was attached, no such thing as half way on model trains.
Of course you can only do this in one direction reverse over half set
points is not suggested as a good idea on real trains!

Brian

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On 28/04/2020 17:24, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
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

It's a 55 minute video. How far in does it happen?

But at the miniature railway where I play the role
of The Fat Controller, such an arrangement exists at
the station throat where the operating lever for the
point is left at half travel and then each approaching
train then moves the point over to the required direction.