Claverton Engineering - The Plan
Virtual concept model of the design, created in Sketchup
Claverton Engineering is my planned 0-16.5 narrow gauge micro layout. My slow progress to date has been covered in various parts of old RMweb, but I thought I'd do a recap at the beginning of this blog which will hopefully feature more rapid developments in the near future.
It will depict a small corner of a heavy mechanical engineering works, partly inspired by the Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd. works in Edinburgh, which built the never used electric locos for the unbuilt Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway and had its own electrified internal railway system. Inspiration also comes from the Hellingly Hospital Railway, with the loco currently under construction based on a narrow gauge version of the one used in that line. The name comes from Claverton Down, on which the University of Bath where I am currently studying is built.
Track plan using RCL templates. Only Y points are used to fit the plan in the smallest possible space
Track plan with rolling stock to check clearances and siding lengths. They appear a bit generous here, but turned out much tighter in reality
The layout is based on the classic Timesaver shunting puzzle, and fits on two A3 sized boards to make it easily transportable. At each end the tracks will run to the board edge, to permit use of a cassette-type fiddle yard or future extensions. Track geometry is based on the Roy C Link 14mm gauge sectional trackwork, scaled up to 16.5mm gauge. Tram-style overhead wires will be fitted, although I am undecided as to whether they should be operational or cosmetic.
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