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Ron, I've seen a few turntables on garden railways. I've never ever seen one used though! I guess they were put in because they look nice, and there is nothing wrong with that. If you had a long run point - point and a turntable each end I guess you would use it. All the railways I've seen them on have been continuous loops, so they are not really necessary, which is probably why I've never seen them used. In fact the only time I have seen one used is when our club set up a display at the local train show. Instead of a circle we set up a point - point with a yard in diagonal corners of the hall and a turntable at each end. The line weaved between the other layouts and we had level crossings (Grade crossing I think they are called in America), and foot bridges for the public to cross in places. The public loved seeing the engines getting turned on the turntable and then coupling up and taking the train back down the line. It was great, but all the smaller scale layouts moaned about how much room we took up, so we went back to building circles again the next year. Glen Anthony.
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