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Provisional track plan

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I think I am just about there with the track plan. I know there is nothing original or fresh about it, but the plan meets my requirements for operational interest and plenty of scenic space. The theory is a wooded valley and a farming market village in the depths of the countryside. Off scene, the single track branches much like Bodmin, with one branch meeting the main line and the other passing a china clay quarry, a couple of small villages and eventually at a river queside. All this opens up the Bodmin through traffic, shunting and run around's that will make operation interesting. It would have been nice to have seen the branch separate in scene, with two bridges over the river, but i couldnt find enough space to make it look right.

 

The presence of the turntable is still in question. There are a lot of plus points:- audiences like to see it working, it add's more operational interest and with a hefty pinch of salt, opens up light engine running in turns from the nearest sheds (and thus an excuse to run one of my beloved Hall's with a toad in tow). The TT is a Cowans and Sheldon Metalsmith brass kit. Whilst the GWR had a preference for over girder types, they wern't exclusive. The turntable at Barnstaple Jct was of the very type I have (if it can be lifted from my old and ill fated layout) and I would rather reuse what is a lovelly TT I already have than build another one.

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Dale

Thanks Bob.

 

I have made a few amendments to the plan, mostly adding detail.

 

If any one can offer some signalling advice I would welcome the input.  I wonder if the signal I have labeled 'UP ADV START' would actually be a fixed distant?

 

I think initially the open space at the front of the layout will be pastureland.  It scenically supports the farm feature and is quick to model.  I may add a village scene later as time allows but the field option is a quicker road to completion.  I want to have the layout ready for exhibition in a basically complete state in 2 years.  I wonder if the village scene would make it all look too cluttered but time will tell.  

 

I am also at a loss as to what to put behind the station buildings to blend into the back scene board.  The whole rear aspect is a sloping bank, giving more evidence that the scene is a vale scene, but I cant run tree's all the way along the back.  What I dont want is any hard lines against the 2 D backscene... I guess its going to be a hedge or something.

 

 

D.

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Dale

I'll news has arrived. A friend has pointed out that Barnstaple Junction was LSWR and not GWR so I may be building a new TT ????

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nigelb

Dale its your layout  if you want to  be creative  in your TT manufacturer  then so be it

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Dale

Going to convert to the Layout Thread option to encourage the feedback and advice I will need as the layout progresses. Thanks for your comments gents.

 

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